Spanish · 7 phrases
At the Bar (Cantina)
Everything from ordering to the morning after. "Chela" gets you a beer, a "caguama" gets you a big one to share, "salud" plus the full up-down-center ritual gets the table going — and "la cruda" is the price you pay tomorrow. Mostly clean, warmly social vocabulary; the "pedo" family (drunk, party, problem) is coarse but essential.
Una caguama kah-GWAH-mah A 40-oz / big-bottle beer Una chela CHEH-lah A beer La cruda lah KROO-dah The hangover El pisto PEES-toh Booze / the liquor Arriba, abajo, al centro, pa' dentro ah-RREE-bah, ah-BAH-hoh, al SEN-troh, pah DEN-troh The Mexican toast: up, down, center, and down the hatch Estar pedo ess-TAR PEH-doh To be drunk / wasted La peda lah PEH-dah The party / the drinking session / the bender