The Slang Decoder

Todo el argot del cuaderno, con su nivel: entre colegas, de diario o de internet. Si no lo dirías en un examen, aquí dice por qué.

• atefriend speak

  did it brilliantly

  lo bordó

• a bangerfriend speak

  a great song

  temazo

• basedonline

  admirably true to yourself

  que va de frente, con criterio

• beefonline

  a feud, bad blood

  piques, movida

• betfriend speak

  ok, deal, sure

  vale, hecho

• burnt outeveryday

  exhausted from effort

  quemado

• bussinfriend speak

  delicious, really good

  buenísimo, de muerte

• buzzingeveryday

  really happy (British)

  contentísimo

• a canon eventonline

  an unavoidable moment

  algo que tenía que pasar

• caponline

  a lie

  mentira, trola

• caught in 4Konline

  caught red-handed

  pillado con las manos en la masa

• chronically onlineonline

  always on the internet

  enganchado a internet

• to clockonline

  to notice, to figure out

  calar, darse cuenta

• cookedfriend speak

  exhausted, done for

  frito, hecho polvo

• core memoryonline

  an unforgettable moment

  recuerdo para siempre

• cringeonline

  embarrassing, awkward

  que da vergüenza ajena

• deluluonline

  unrealistically hopeful

  iluso, en las nubes

• to devourfriend speak

  to do/eat brilliantly

  comerse algo, bordarlo

• to doomscrollonline

  to scroll bad news endlessly

  tragar malas noticias sin parar

• down badonline

  hopelessly into someone

  coladito, pilladísimo

• to flexonline

  to show off

  fardar, presumir

• a flopfriend speak

  a failure

  un fracaso

• FOMOeveryday

  fear of missing out

  miedo a perderte algo

• fronline

  for real, honestly

  en serio, de verdad

• to fumblefriend speak

  to blow a chance

  cagarla, liarla

• to gas (someone) upfriend speak

  to hype

  subir a alguien, animar

• to gatekeeponline

  to keep something to yourself

  guardarse algo

• to ghostonline

  to vanish without replying

  hacer ghosting, dejar en visto

• a glow-upeveryday

  a big improvement

  cambio a mejor

• goatedonline

  the greatest

  de lo mejor que hay

• a green flageveryday

  a good sign

  buena señal

• guttedeveryday

  very disappointed (British)

  hecho polvo, chafado

• gyatonline

  expression of shock

  ¡madre mía!

• highkeyeveryday

  very openly, obviously

  abiertamente, sin disimular

• hits differentonline

  feels specially good

  sabe distinto (mejor)

• it's givingonline

  it seems like, it gives off…

  da vibes de…

• iykykonline

  an insider thing

  el que lo sabe, lo sabe

• knackeredeveryday

  exhausted

  reventado

• an Lonline

  a loss, a fail

  una derrota

• living the dreameveryday

  in an ideal situation

  viviendo el sueño

• locked inonline

  fully focused

  a tope, concentrado

• low stakesonline

  chill, no pressure

  sin presión, tranqui

• lowkeyeveryday

  slightly, secretly

  un poco, en secreto

• main characteronline

  the centre of attention

  el/la protagonista

• a menacefriend speak

  a lovable troublemaker

  un elemento, un peligro

• midfriend speak

  mediocre, average

  del montón, regulero

• nglonline

  being honest…

  no voy a mentir…

• no caponline

  no lie, for real

  sin mentir, en serio

• no crumbsonline

  done perfectly, nothing left to

  sin dejar ni una miga

• NPConline

  acting robotic or blank

  como un robot, sin reacción

• an opponline

  a rival, an enemy

  un rival

• peakfriend speak

  the best (or ironically the worst)

  lo más (o lo peor)

• to pop offfriend speak

  to go all out, do great

  darlo todo, petarlo

• pressedonline

  annoyed, bothered

  molesto, rayado

• propereveryday · BrE

  really, genuinely

  de verdad, en condiciones

• ratio'donline

  buried in replies, outvoted

  reventado a respuestas

• a red flageveryday

  a warning sign

  señal de alarma

• rent freeonline

  stuck in your head

  viviendo en tu cabeza

• to romanticiseonline

  to make something feel

  idealizar

• saltyfriend speak

  bitter, resentful

  picado, resentido

• say lessfriend speak

  understood, I'm on it

  dicho y hecho

• sending meonline

  making me laugh a lot

  me parto, me muero de risa

• shookonline

  shocked, stunned

  flipando, en shock

• a side hustleonline

  an extra small job

  un extra, un apaño

• a simponline

  someone who tries too hard for a crush

  baboso, pagafantas

• to slapfriend speak

  to be really good (music/food)

  molar cantidad

• to slayfriend speak

  to do brilliantly

  bordarlo, arrasar

• so badeveryday

  a lot, desperately

  muchísimo, un montón

• soundeveryday

  nice, reliable (British)

  majo, de fiar

• stanonline

  a big fan

  fan a muerte

• susonline

  suspicious, dodgy

  sospechoso

• the bagonline

  the money

  la pasta

• the bare minimumeveryday

  the least effort

  lo mínimo, lo justito

• the grindonline

  hard, constant work

  el sacrificio diario

• the ickeveryday

  a sudden turn-off

  corte de rollo

• to touch grassonline

  to go outside, log off

  despejarse, salir a la calle

• unbotheredonline

  calm, not fazed

  tan pancho

• understood the assignmentonline

  did exactly

  clavó lo que tocaba

• unseriousonline

  silly, not to be taken seriously

  de coña, poco serio

• to vibeeveryday

  to relax, get on well

  estar a gusto, conectar

• a vibe checkonline

  a quick mood test

  test de buen rollo

• a Wonline

  a win

  una victoria

• washedfriend speak

  past your best

  acabado, en horas bajas