Spanish C2: Colloquial Spain · Phrases

Spoken Spain is full of familiar words: currar (to work), el curro (the job), la pasta (money), guay (cool), molar (to be cool: me mola), flipar (to be amazed), tío / tía (mate, guy), estar hecho polvo (to be shattered), ir de culo (to be swamped). Keep them for friends: in writing or at work they sound out of place.

• currar — to work (slang)
• el curro — job (slang)
• la pasta — money (slang)
• guay — cool
• molar — to be cool, to like
• flipar — to be amazed
• el tío — mate, guy
• hecho polvo — shattered, worn out

• ¡Qué guay! — How cool!
• Voy de culo esta semana. — I’m swamped this week.
• Tío, ¿qué haces aquí? — Mate, what are you doing here?
• No me mola nada. — I don’t like it at all.