Mexican/Norteño slang

Words and their meanings. (words marked with a '*' are more commenly used In-Game)



(*)baro
coin, money.

bronca
trouble or a problem with someone else

calcos
shoes

cantón
home; house; apartment

(*)carnal
brother; close friend; homeboy, from primo carnal, "first-grade cousin." (also "karnal")

(*)Carrucha
Car, Your Ride (related to "carro," car)

Carrujo
joint, marijuana cigarette

(*)catos
fistfight, fisticuffs

(*)chale
expresses disagreement, "no way"; antonym of simón

(*)chavala
little girl; also used as an insult for a man that lacks courage

(*)chavalo
little boy

(*)chela
beer

(*)chido
cool. awesome.

chorra
penis

(*)chota
cops, police

(*)cuete
gun

(*)ene
short for Norteño

(*)ena
short for Norteña

(*)ésa
short for Sureña

(*)ése
short for Sureño

(*)feria
money

filero
knife

(*)fusca
gun


(*)gabacho/a
(also "gavacho") insulting term for a white person.

(*)Gringo
insulting term for a white person

grifa
marijuana

grifo
marijuana addict

güero
(also huero or weddo) white person; light skinned, blue eyed/blond person

(*)homes
(also holmes) variation on the word homeboy

hyna
a girl, or girlfriend

jefa/jefita
mother

(*)jefe/jefito
boss/father

(*)jura
police

(*)leva
coward

(*)mayate/mayata [see: Tinto, use tinto more]
derogatory for a dark-skinned male/female

miclo
light-skinned Mexican

(*)mota
marijuana

(*)nel
no

no manches
don't mess around

(*)Órale
"Right on"; "Alright!"

(*)Ojete
asshole

(*)panocha
pussy

panzón
fat man.

pedo
problem/(fart )

(*)pendejo
extremely foolish person, a coward

perico
slang for cocaine

(*)Puto
Gay individual

prendido
"lit on", high on drugs

(*)qué onda?
"what's up?"

(*)ranfla
car; lowrider car

rifamos
"We rule"

ruca
old woman

ruco
old man

Swata
Idiot

(*)Sureño
South Sider (South California) orginated from the Mexican Mafia (La Eme) they're associated to the number: 13 (because the 'S' is the 13th number in the alphabet) and to blue (the colour the rep)

tecato
heroin addict

(*)tinto
(literally. "dark") derogatory reffering to an African-American

tortilla
lesbian

(*)varrio/barrio
neighborhood or hood

(*)vato
dude; guy; man

Surputo/Surcaca
Insulting way of saying Sureño

Norputo/Norcaca
Insulting way of saying Norteño

Carro
Car

*******NOTICE************
These are NOT -all- off the slang we use, there're several other words which I can't think off right now.

(Slang also taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chicano_Cal%C3%B3_words_and_expressions)