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Great, bad and amazing

This slang is heard all over Spain, and constantly in Madrid. It's informal, but not rude.

Slang Meaning Example
guay cool, great ¡Qué guay este sitio!
molar to be cool, to appeal Me mola tu chaqueta.
chulo nice, cool (about things) ¡Qué piso más chulo!
chungo dodgy, bad, tricky El examen estuvo chungo.
flipar to be amazed, to be stunned ¡Estoy flipando!
mogollón (de) loads (of) Había mogollón de gente.
rácano stingy No seas rácano, invita tú.
caradura cheeky so-and-so ¡Qué caradura! Se ha colado.
  • Guay doesn't change for gender — un sitio guay, una fiesta guay — and its plural is guais. You'll often see guays in messages too, but guais is the standard spelling.
  • Chulo about a thing is a compliment; about a person (es un chulo) it means cocky.
  • Invitar — here, to pay for everyone; colarse — to jump the queue.