- A todo gas is to do something at full speed
- Andar de mano sudada is to have a boyfriend or girlfriend
- Cerchas – beams in the ceiling of a house
- Cleta – bicycle. Bicicleta is the correct word for bicycle
- Empuchado/a is a diligent or hard working person
- Jamonear is to hit someone
- Jupón/a is a stubborn person
- lo or la fueron is to have fired someone from a job
- La peli is a movie or flick
- Más peligroso que un rifle chocho is to be very dangerous
- Merula is slang for a woman’s makeup
- Parecer un bistec de 5 pesos, solo nervios is to be nervous or all nerves
- Pichuleo is an odd job; Salvar la tanda is to save the day
- Se fue de pollo or se fue en todo is to screw up or be deceived
- Tirarse a la pista means not to hesitate or not think about something twice
