"ya ni la chingas"... hehe...100% mexican ... difficult to translate... mhhh...let me think... something like "Gosh!!! I can't believe it... u couldn't have done anything worse".

And I wouldn't say it's really vulgar... It's very colloquial, that's all; everyone says it... even me

haha, its too vulgar... and really difficult to translate... we prefer to use... "ya ni la friegas" sounds a little bit less vulgar ...heheh

"Fregar" to Cubans is to wash dishes or wash the floor. You can imagine what my Mexican friends growing up would say when they would hear me say, "Voy a fregar". I also drank my "malta" (non alcoholic malt drink) in those dark glass bottles, so everyone thought I drank beer as a child and cussed like a sailor.

So, the translation to the phrase is a colloquial, sometimes vulgar/offensive way of saying.... "I can't believe it. You really messed up this time". Is this correct?

I grew up understanding, in my dialect, that "chingar" was a word for copulation. Funny/interesting how things are different from one dialect to another.

yeah, here in Mexico (other cities) its also used as "wash the dishes or floor" ...

but fregar/chin... can also means annoy/bother and even kick or punch someone

Originally Posted by damarys

I grew up understanding, in my dialect, that "chingar" was a word for copulation. Funny/interesting how things are different from one dialect to another.

Yes, it also has that meaning for us, but it's used only very rarely in that sense... much more commonly it's like what u urself said "u really messed it up"... or like what Zahra said "to beat someone" (hence "dar una chinga"= beat the crap out of someone )

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

yeah, here in Mexico (other cities) its also used as "wash the dishes or floor" ...

but fregar/chin... can also means annoy/bother and even kick or punch someone

for me, when i say chingar it's like using F***, but not in a sexual way. to annoy i would either use joder or moletar. when i first read that i thought you just meant the word "chin" and i was wondering how that means to annoy lol. when i say "un chin" it just means a little bit (more than un poquito, but more than un poco i think)

Originally Posted by dmoney101

for me, when i say chingar it's like using F***, but not in a sexual way. to annoy i would either use joder or moletar. when i first read that i thought you just meant the word "chin" and i was wondering how that means to annoy lol. when i say "un chin" it just means a little bit (more than un poquito, but more than un poco i think)

hehe, yeah chin... is also little too much, es mucho, es un resto... mucho, mucho....

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

hehe, yeah chin... is also little too much, es mucho, es un resto... mucho, mucho....

chin is mucho for you? "aki no se dice mucho, aki se dice un frakatan"

bueno exactamente mucho, no... pero si, demasiado/bastante

but i dont use that word.. what i say, my friends/family gave that meaning for such word

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

bueno exactamente mucho, no... pero si, demasiado/bastante

but i dont use that word.. what i say, my friends/family gave that meaning for such word

that's weird, chin means the exact opposite in RD from what it is in MX. usually, slang words like that are somewhat related in each country

Any idea how to say "badass" as both an adjective & as a noun?

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Any idea how to say "badass" as both an adjective & as a noun?

chingon is the adjective (only in mexico though), the noun, i have no idea. i'd call a badass a tiguere, but that's kinda like a gangster, so it's not really "badass"

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Any idea how to say "badass" as both an adjective & as a noun?

I've seen it translate it as: idiota, tarado, estupido

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

I've seen it translate it as: idiota, tarado, estupido

lol, those aren't the words i'd use for a badass.

Lol, I think you're getting i confused with "dumbas$".

Originally Posted by dmoney101

chingon is the adjective (only in mexico though), the noun, i have no idea. i'd call a badass a tiguere, but that's kinda like a gangster, so it's not really "badass"

I'd call it a tiguere too but it does hav a different meaning 2it...
Its more like da badass gangster kind...

Originally Posted by boricamami07

I'd call it a tiguere too but it does hav a different meaning 2it...
Its more like da badass gangster kind...

yea, plus tiguere has the sense of knowing what's going on in the streets too. you say tiguere even though you're puerto rican?

Originally Posted by dmoney101

yea, plus tiguere has the sense of knowing what's going on in the streets too. you say tiguere even though you're puerto rican?

iNEVA DiD CUZ iNEVA KNEW OF DAT WORD UNTiL ARCANGEL MADE DAT SONG TiGUERE

Originally Posted by boricamami07

iNEVA DiD CUZ iNEVA KNEW OF DAT WORD UNTiL ARCANGEL MADE DAT SONG TiGUERE

arcangel is dominican. i can't stand him at all though. i've heard puerto ricans using a lot of the dominican rappers' words before. ñengo flow used the word palomo in one of his new songs. i was super surprised when i heard it.

What does "palomo" mean? Paloma is dove....