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- Hey everybody, I'm Karol G and today
I'm going to be teaching you my Colombian slang.
[upbeat music]
Okay, [speaking in foreign language].
We really say [speaking in foreign language].
And [speaking in foreign language] means,
like, "Hey, what's up?,"
"What up bro?"
It's like that, that's [speaking in foreign language]
[speaking in foreign language]
These words in English, this word is keys,
like the keys for the car and keys for the door
but for us in Colombia, it's keys, too,
but normally in our slang we use this for friends,
like you call a friend [speaking in foreign language].
He's my [speaking in foreign language].
He's my friend. He's my [speaking in foreign language].
So this is super Colombia, like super,
super Colombian word is [speaking in foreign language]
and that means "crush" in English.
So when I was in school I used to say my crush is Brad Pitt.
My crush is not Brad Pitt, but let's just put an example.
My crush is Brad Pitt, you in Spanish say,
[speaking in foreign language], this is super Colombian.
[speaking in foreign language] is a liquor,
a Colombian liquor.
Like if you take just one, two, or three you're gonna die.
You're going to lose your mind.
You're going to do really bad things at night
if you drink [speaking in foreign language]
This is our Colombian, like shots.
Oooh, [speaking in foreign language].
Right now I'm asking to myself,
why is [speaking in foreign language],
because it doesn't mean anything in the dictionary.
[speaking in foreign language] in Colombia is a fruit.
This means like I have a hangover.
Hangover, yeah.
They say that if you go to a club and you drink a lot
and at the next day, you're dying,
you are [speaking in foreign language].
Super [speaking in foreign language].
If you drink a lot and if you drunk a lot
[speaking in foreign language] at the next day probably
or for sure you're gonna be [speaking in foreign language],
dying in your bed, asking for help, asking for that.
Oh, [speaking in foreign language]
This is super mom word.
[speaking in foreign language] is when somebody
is screaming at you, yelling at you, bothering you.
Look, I love you mom but you [speaking in foreign language].
[speaking in foreign language] Yay!
[laughing]
[speaking in foreign language], this is my word.
It's a Colombian word and we use
[speaking in foreign language] for a really broken heart
but it's like something you can not get over it,
like you're thinking so much, you're sad,
and you say it for a boy,
like "I'm in love and he broke my heart."
I'm in [speaking in foreign language].
[speaking in foreign language], this is super Colombian.
[speaking in foreign language], when we say
[speaking in foreign language],
like, "Hey, yesterday we went to that club
and that club was super [speaking in foreign language]."
Like was super cool, was super amazing.
Like the other day, you present me a boy
and he was super nice,
he was super [speaking in foreign language].
Like you say [speaking in foreign language]
to something cool and nice and fresh and cool.
Oooh, [speaking in foreign language]
Oooh, I love this one.
[laughing]
It means, in our Colombian slang,
that we are going out of the houses.
In Colombia, it's really usual on holidays
to go everybody out of the houses in the same town,
and you go out in the houses and we put a pot,
a really big pot with a lot of oil.
So you put fire and when it's really burning the oil,
you put beef, meat, chorizo, chicken,
and that's a [speaking in foreign language].
It's delicious, it's so bad for your diet,
but it's a really good [speaking in foreign language].
Lucas!
Lucas, in the complete world, means Lucas, a boy,
[speaking in foreign language], an uncle,
a father, a friend.
Lucas is a name but for us, Lucas are the bills.
So you don't say like, one dollar.
You say, one Lucas.
You don't say one [speaking in foreign language]
You say, one Lucas.
For example, in [speaking in foreign language], you say,
That's how you use the word "Lucas."
So for example, I'm working
because I want to have a lot of Lucas.
Oooh, [speaking in foreign language]
[laughing]
You are missing an "R."
We say [speaking in foreign language] when we want to...
If I like a boy and I want him to know that I like him,
I'm going to [speaking in foreign language].
[speaking in foreign language] in English,
the perfect translation is throw the dogs,
but for you it's flirt, right?
So, okay, [speaking in foreign language], flirt.
[laughing]
[speaking in foreign language]
[laughing]
This is like my grandmother's way to say something.
It's super old, oh my god, this is super old and super,
I don't know who used this.
If you say this in Spanish, everybody's going
to be laughing at you because this just means no.
Like for example, can you lend me please 10 dollars to buy?
No, no, no, [speaking in foreign language]
That means [speaking in foreign language]
is just a way to say no.
Okay, [speaking in foreign language].
This is a word that everybody use in Colombia.
It's our way to say that somebody is a really good friend.
It's my [speaking in foreign language].
She's my [speaking in foreign language]
or he's my [speaking in foreign language]
[speaking in foreign language]
We use this a lot, like,
[speaking in foreign language], Colombia.
So that's it, that's the way we speak in Colombia.
I hope you learned a lot of words.
I hope you go to Colombia and to visit us
and to use these words.
I love you, mwah.
See you next time.