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The most versatile swear word. Can express surprise, anger, exasperation, or even mild admiration depending on tone. So frequent in informal speech that many speakers no longer fully register its vulgarity.

The default informal word for addressing or referring to a person, equivalent to 'mate' or 'dude'. Completely neutral in friendly conversation but marks the register as informal immediately.

Describes the mental state of spiralling anxiety, paranoia, or obsessive negative thinking. Often heard in contexts involving drug use or intense stress, but used broadly in everyday speech.

In everyday use 'un cacho de' means 'a piece/bit of something'. Also appears in expressions of frustration or disbelief ('menudo cacho de...').

Describes a sudden surge of energy, euphoria, or happiness, from a song, a moment, or substances. Very common in casual speech among younger adults.

A vivid colloquial expression for wanting to shut everything out, go blank, or lose consciousness, borrowed from the film/TV concept of a screen fading to black. Used here in a drug context but also heard generally.

A compound insult combining 'chulo' (cocky, full of himself) and 'playa' (beach). Paints the target as a low-level tough guy who hangs around the seafront acting big. Contemptuous and dismissive in tone.

Literally 'lapdog' (a small dog that sits on laps). Used figuratively for someone who follows another person obsequiously and does whatever they are told. Dismissive and slightly contemptuous.