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¡A la verga!

ah lah BEHR-gah · /a la ˈβeɾ.ɣa/

Holy shit! / to hell with it! / get lost

3/5 Watch your audience

genuinely rude; friends only, never at work

Literally

"To the dick"

Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.

How to use it

"Verga" (dick) powers a whole family of expressions, and this is the loud one: astonishment ("¡a la verga, ganamos!"), disgust, or telling something to get lost ("vete a la verga"). Huge in northern Mexico. "Valió verga" = it's completely ruined; "de la verga" = terrible. Vulgar and fun, strictly for friends.

Heard in the wild

¡A la verga, se cayó el internet en toda la oficina!

Holy shit, the internet went down in the whole office!

Where it lands

Mexico (esp. north); vulgar

Quick answers

What does "¡A la verga!" mean?
In Spanish, "¡A la verga!" means "Holy shit! / to hell with it! / get lost". Literally it's "To the dick". "Verga" (dick) powers a whole family of expressions, and this is the loud one: astonishment ("¡a la verga, ganamos!"), disgust, or telling something to get lost ("vete a la verga"). Huge in northern Mexico. "Valió verga" = it's completely ruined; "de la verga" = terrible. Vulgar and fun, strictly for friends.
Is "¡A la verga!" offensive?
It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
How do you pronounce "¡A la verga!"?
Say it "ah lah BEHR-gah" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: a la ˈβeɾ.ɣa.

Related in Spanish

¡No mames! noh MAH-mess No way! / You've got to be kidding me! ¡No manches! noh MAHN-chess No way! / Come on! (the polite twin of no mames) ¡Órale! OH-rah-leh Alright! / Wow! / Let's go! / Get on with it! ¿Neta? NEH-tah For real? / Seriously? — or as a statement, 'the honest truth' Hijo de la chingada EE-hoh deh lah cheen-GAH-dah Son of a bitch (the heavy Mexican version) ¡Híjole! EE-hoh-leh Yikes / oof / wow / uh-oh

The same idea, elsewhere

Via concepts like "Damn".

how to say "Damn" →how to say "Get lost" →

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