There are so many different cultures under the Latin-American ethnic umbrella, and with these cultures come definite nuances in language. Spanish is Spanish, but Miami Spanish is definitely the most stand-out. These are the 15 ways to tell the Miami-Spanish dialect from any other!
The chonga is real, y’all. When they see a girl with too thin pencil eyebrows or feel like they’re dressing a little too hootchie with the big hoops and Rainbow Outlet dress combined, instead of “Do I look a little ratchet?” it’ll be–
“Aye, is this too chonga, you think?”
It’s been a long night partying in Ranches and your feet are dead. The roads are uneven because of course they are, it’s Florida, and you take off your heels while doing your best to focus on the task and not fall over from total exhaustion and maybe some alcohol. Your friend exclaims, “Aye, mami, you look like a pata suuucia, conyo…”
Like, legit. They’re not starving, no, they’re “super-hungry”. They’re not just frustrated, they’re “super-pissed”. It’s not two words, either. One word, together. Superpissed. Supersleepy. Superfired.
A frustrated Miamian’s Spanish oddly doesn’t kick in when they’re angry or frustrated. You’d think that when they get cut off on I-75 heading back up to the ‘ville, it’d be a load of “Hijo PUTA, conyo–” no. It’s just one, long, “I/this dude/she swwwwwwwwweeeaaarrsss.”
Nothing more clearly indicates frustration than that.
Especially if they forgot their metro pass.
And whoever gets the latter is almost confirmed to be more wired than the Starbucks snobs with their “flat whites.” The home-came-to-town flavor of a cafecito, and the word in of itself, is tied to Miami Spanish.
Bueno used as an interjection is definitely a topic for aspiring linguists. I promise you, I don’t make the rules.
And if their voice cracks on the ‘k,’ they are truly the most powerful of Miamians.
#AllHailThe305
They’re definitely from Miami. It’s becoming an issue.
Chanx or chanclas for shoes, which become convenient weapons for mass destruction.
It gets pretty confusing if you’re not even going north anymore, but south-bound from college.
And if they want to be more descriptive, case de cargo for what is truly ‘a mission’ to get to.
Because reggaeton-techno-fast music is just too long.
And the thing is that, irregardless, it’s ours. There cadence, the inflection, the anger and laughter in all these words and meanings of how they’re said are so intrinsically a part of the culture that honoring it is just as important as laughing at it.
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