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19 Hilariously Dirty Spanish Words You Don't Wanna Say by Accident

Lots of seemingly innocent words—common words that you'll use in casual Spanish multiple times daily—can be transformed into total dirtiness if used in the wrong context.

There's nothing to be ashamed of if you've used them wrong by mistake—this is part of learning.

And once you solve the mystery you'll have new curses and dirty words you can use intentionally in jokes and raunchy stories.

Anyone who's been to Latin America knows that there's no escaping it—you need to raunch it up with the best of them to fit in, understand humor and have fun.

Wouldn't it be great to connect with native Spanish speakers on this realest of levels?

1. Sapo
2. Concha
3. Perra
4. Comerse
5. Rica
6. Culo vs. Nalga vs. Trasero
7. Grasa
8. Huevos
9. Pelotas
10. Bolas
11. Chorizo
12. Pechuga vs. Pecho
13. Bolsa
14. Pájaro/Pajarito
15. Ganas
16. Coger
17. Me cago vs. me caigo
18. Vaina
19. Estoy caliente

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Keep in mind that you can use these words perfectly well, in the correct context and everything, and people will still giggle at them. It's like how somebody might say "I do do that" in English and be met with a "Haha, you said doo doo."

It's just proof that, deep down, nobody ever really grows up enough to stop giggling at unintentional sexual euphemisms and scatological humor. We're all still in third grade.

It's also kind of beautiful, when you really think about it—this is something that intrinsically connects human beings from all races and religions. Dirty humor truly knows no boundaries.

Like, it's amazing that you can go use a public bathroom anywhere in the world and discover that some bored bathroom occupant before you drew a tally-wacker. It's something that people justdo, regardless of ethnicity or native language.

We're more similar than we are different.

These phrases are just more evidence of this phenomenon.

Learn them all, and you'll be in "the know" next time you get laughed at while speaking Spanish. Heck, you might even start laughing when other people say them—and that's when you officially know you're a Spanish speaker rather than a Spanish student.

But you also need to watch out and know when to use specific words. Try spending some time watching real Spanish media (stuff like movies and telenovelas) or studying with the video clips in the FluentU language learning program—whether it's a dirty word or a business term, FluentU has a contextual video dictionary that will define them and teach you when and how to use them in the right contexts.

With a little practice, you'll soon be talking obscenities like a native.

And now, let's get linguistically dirty!

1. Sapo

Clean meaning:Toad

Dirty meaning: A lady's hoo-ha

This one is number one of my list, because I've had people laugh at me when actually speaking about toads in the context of ongoing biological research.

There's no way to avoid the crassness, no matter your context or technically perfect Spanish. If you're not speaking to biologists, maybe you could pretend you only know the word for frog (rana).I say you tackle this head on, though. No fear. Make the scientific community (and me) proud by unabashedly using precise language regardless of the consequences.

2. Concha

Clean meaning:Seashell

Dirty meaning:Map of Tasmania

If you didn't know that Tasmania is shaped like that, now you do—forever. You're welcome. This word makes appearances in many explicit phrases used to curse people out, such as "¡Concha [de] tu madre!"and the weirder"¡Concha [de] la lora!"

3. Perra

Clean meaning:Female dog

Dirty meaning:Floozie

This darn gendered language seems like it's designed to cause these problems on purpose. You automatically have to define a dog as a male or female dog when speaking, either aperroorperra.

In English, we have our own vulgar word that technically means "female dog" but is almost never used for that reason. Spanish uses "female dog" for another insult, namely "a woman of loose morals" or "a loose woman who's had many lovers."

4.Comerse

Clean meaning:To eat (reflexive)

Dirty meaning:To do the deed

This one caused my personal, all-time favorite Spanish embarrassment story. While talking to my Ecuadorian homestay family about a Spanish class assignment involving "La caperucita roja,"I did a metaphorical faceplant after talking about how the wolf eats the grandmother. Talk about reinventing classic stories. I will never forget the sound of eight Quiteñoslaughing hysterically at my Spanish blunder.

5. Rica

Clean meaning: Wealthy (when referring to people), delicious (when referring to food)

Dirty meaning:Delicious (when referring to people)

You can make a similar mistake if you're still confusingserandestar and want to describe someone as "a good person." If you say that "Ellaestá buena"instead of"Ella es buena,"look out for some raised eyebrows—you just said that "She's a hot piece of tail," not that "She's a good human being."

6. Culovs.Nalga vs.Trasero

Clean meaning:Butt

Dirty meaning:Butt

Okay, the dirtiness here is caused by a common mix-up between the two words listed above. Culois a raunchy word that impressionable Spanish learners often pick up by listening to too much reggaeton.

Nalga is a more benign word which means something akin to "butt," "butt cheeks" when plural and "lil' butt cheeks" when phrased more diminutively as nalguitas —but despite being more anatomical it's still moderately crude.

Stick with trasero, which comes out sounding more like the English "behind,"and you'll be polite in anyone's company.

7. Grasa

Clean meaning:Fat, oil

Dirty meaning:Fat

Again, this is another case of word mix-ups. You may have learned that grasatechnically means fat, but that doesn't mean you should refer to your own body fat or someone's else's that way. Instead say,"Tengo unas libras de más" (I have a few extra pounds), rather than pointing to yourself and talking about nasty, greasy lard.

8. Huevos

Clean meaning: Eggs

Dirty meaning:The twoamigos

You can always usehuevitos if you want to make sure you don't bungle this one up. In some countries—I myself am only aware of this happening in parts of Mexico—some native speakers defer toblancoswhen they're discussing eggs.

9. Pelotas

Clean meaning:Smaller balls (as opposed tobalón or bolawhich refer to a larger ball) used in sporting events

Dirty meaning: The twoamigos

You may be talking about tennis equipment, but this will never not be funny.

10.Bolas

Clean meaning:General ball-shaped items, balls used for sporting events, edible balls of food

Dirty meaning:The twoamigos

There is no Spanish word for sports-related balls that isn't funny. Sorry. This particular word is twice as bad because you can also eatbolasin many parts of the Spanish-speaking world. Suddenly, "¿Qué comiste hoy en el almuerzo?"becomes a dangerous question.

11. Chorizo

Clean meaning:Sausage

Dirty meaning:Exactly what you think it means

Your home country doesn't matter—it's part of human nature to identify vaguely phallic-shaped items and laugh at them. We all know what a sausage looks like, and we all know what that word can mean in the right (or wrong) context.

12. Pechuga vs. Pecho

Clean meaning:Chicken breast/human chest, human breast

Dirty meaning:Breasts

Let's clear all this up right away: Pechugais for talking about chicken breasts and pechois a more technical term for a human chest.Pechocan be used when speaking about medical issues, physical fitness, breastfeeding and any other usual topic of conversation.

Pechuga,when used in reference to a person,conveys that you think of that person as a slab of meat.Pecho, used when talking about meat, conveys that you don't speak Spanish.

You don't always want to say pecho when talking about people (or yourself), since that can be awkward if you're in the midst of a girls' night out or something. If you actually want to talk casually about boobies (and not the blue-footed kind) with friends, in Ecuador you can use chichisin a playful sense and avoid sounding totally awkward.

13.Bolsa

Clean meaning:Bag, shopping bag, sack

Dirty meaning:Sack

Say fundainstead, for the love of God.

14. Pájaro/Pajarito

Clean meaning:Bird, little bird

Dirty meaning:Homosexual (offensive)

This totally innocent word becomes an offensive slur when used in the wrong country. In many places, avesounds heavy, awkward or is simply less-commonly used, and that's where you'll want to use pájaro to talk about our winged, flying friends.

In other regions, namely the Caribbean and perhaps a few others, you should only ever use ave. Pay attention when people speak or ask your hosts if you're unsure! Honestly, you can never go very wrong withave,so it's the safe choice no matter where you are.

15. Ganas

Clean meaning:Desire, urge; to have the desire or urge to do something

Dirty meaning:Animal urges (ahem)

Sure, you can say "Tengo ganas de comer una hamburguesa enorme" (I feel like eating an enormous hamburger),but don't pause after"Tengo ganas."If your conversation partner thinks the sentence ends there, funny looks will abound.

16. Coger

Clean meaning: To grab

Dirty meaning:To do the deed

In many countries and contexts, this verb is A-OK. The internet will expressly forbid you from using it in most Latin American countries, but Ecuadorians and Colombians (citizens of countries that are supposed to only know of the dirty cogerusage) can be heard innocently saying things like "Voy a coger un taxi" (I'm going to take a taxi)all day long.

It's pretty much a toss up when you'll get someone snickering at you for using it, no matter where in the world you are—though I've heard the word is actually off limits in Chile and Peru, so you might want to ask when you arrive at your Spanish-speaking destination.

17. Me cago vs.me caigo

Clean meaning:I fall (me caigo – caerse)

Dirty meaning:I sh*t myself (me cago – cagarse)

Even if you're not clumsy and falling down all the time, me caigois a great phrase to have on hand, particularly for the expression "Me caigo de [la] risa,"which is roughly equivalent to ROFL. Now, this phrase comes from the irregular verbcaerse(to fall), not from the similar (and seriously vulgar in every possible context) verbcagarse. To sound cooler and funnier among friends, you can also say the more vulgar Spanish version of ROFL:"Me cago de [la] risa." Just don't say this one to your boss or your boyfriend's grandmother.

Beginning Spanish language learners have been known to accidentally mix these up or simply mis-conjugate or mispronounce their intended verb. Urban Dictionary can't even tell the difference between these phrases, which shows you just how deep this goes.

Even if you always say"Me caigo"perfectly, you may well have immature jokesters play off your words, twist your words around for jokes at your expense or chuckle at youde la nada.

18.Vaina

Clean meaning: Thing

Dirty meaning: Thang

This is possibly the most frequently-used word in the Dominican Republic. Absolutely everything is a vaina,so leavecosabehind once you've set foot on Dominican soil. Since everything can be avaina,it's no small wonder that it can be used to casually refer to one's private parts—mostly for ladies.

You'll get some giggles if you say this one with misplaced emphasis, silly context where it could be somehow construed sexually or if everyone has had enough Presidentes (popular brand of Dominicancerveza nacional) that night.

19. Estoy caliente

Clean meaning:There is no clean meaning, this is just an all-around sexual thing to say—but lots of Spanish learners say it.

Dirty meaning:I'm hot/smokin'/feeling quiggly

Classic. The ol'"Estoy caliente"instead of"Tengo calor"switcharoo. Many Spanish learners have fallen to this phrase before you, and it never fails to elicit a sidelong glance or giggle from native conversation partners. You were trying to say that you feel hot due to the current temperature or climate, and instead you boasted about your hot bod or eagerness for intimate encounters.