Talking about Guatemalan slang is one thing, but talking about cursing is another completely different world. There are some investigations that show how cursing can relieve pain, or help the people live happier. When you are cursing, you really put your heart on it. It’s normally one of the most natural and honest things to say. It carries the essence of your culture and yourself in a thrust of rage, anger or just plain fun.

Here I present you some of the most common curse words or phrases every Guatemalan must know in order to live happier. Learning some Guatemalan curse words and phrases will help you better understand and communicate with a Guatemalan local as well as help you improve your Spanish overall.

Let’s learn some Guatemalan Insults!

1. ¡Come Mierda!

This means “eat shit”. Guatemalans use it commonly to tell someone to “fuck off”. Sometimes it is also used to express surprise. This one is not as offensive depending on the manner.

Example:

“Pedro, cómprame un agua!

“Pedro, buy me a drink!

“¡Come mierda!”

“Fuck off!”

“Mario, te cuento que ¡me comprometí!

“Mario, let me tell you, I got engaged!

“¡¡¡Come mierda!!!”

“Fuck off!!!”

2. ¡Chupala!

This one is similar to come mierda, but it is more aggressive and insulting. It is short of “chupame la verga”, which means “suck my dick”. It is used to diminish people and tell them to fuck off at the same time.

Example:

“¡Mario no deberías estar haciendo eso!”

“Mario you shouldn’t be doing that!”

“Chupala”

“Suck it man”



“¡Decíle a Jorge que la chupe!”

“Tell George to suck it!”

3. Jue puta…

Jue puta is short of “hijo de puta”, which means “son of a bitch.” But in this case, it is used as an expression after screwing up something.

Example:

“¡Jue puta! ¡Dejé las llaves del carro adentro!”

“Shit! I left the car keys inside the car!”



“¡Jue puta! ¡Voy a perder el examen!”

“Fuck! I’m gonna fail that test!”

4. Pendejo

A pendejo is a female pubic hair. But in Guatemalan Slang, it’s used to call someone an idiot, stupid, imbecile, asshole and many other derogative adjectives out there. It is also very used by the Mexicans.

For an example:

“Alberto si es bien pendejo para la matemática.”

“Alberto is really stupid dumb in math.”



“Me estas lastimando, ¡no seas pendejo!”

“You’re hurting me, don’t be an asshole!”

5. Cerote

This Guatemalan slang word it’s used for a whole bunch of different meanings. The most common is to use it as “buddy” “dude” and the like. You can call your best friend a cerote while talking to him, or referring to him.

For an example:

“Vos cerote haceme este favor…”

“¡Ese cerote es mi mejor amigo!”

“That dude is my best friend!”

You can also insult your worst enemy with the same word, it depends in the tone. I had mentioned in another post that this word was used in Gritty Spanish Original to call a police officer a Pig. It was used by one of the Guatemalan voice actor.

Example:

“Marco es un cerote y no confío en él.”

“Marco is a snake and I don’t trust him.”



“¡No quiero hablar con vos cerote!”

“I don’t wanna talk to you fuckboy!”

As you can see, you can use almost any negative word/insult to translate what a “Cerote” is, depending on the tone and context.

It doesn’t end here, you can use it as an adjective when you are talking about something that is difficult to do or if it’s looking bad.

Example:

“El examen de manejo está bien cerote.”

“The driving test was so tough.”

“La subida a la montaña estuvo bien cerota.”

“The climb up the mountain was so difficult.”

6. Culero

Culero is kind of like saying the classic curse word, “asshole”. You can call someone culero when he’s being mean to you or someone else. When someone is a bad person or doing something wrong you can call them a Culero as well, if you wanna be really nasty. Sometimes it is also used to say something looks bad or tastes nasty or is lame.

For an example:

“¡Pedro es un culero con su novia!”

“Pedro is an asshole to his girlfriend!”

“¡Esta hamburguesa está bien culera!”

“This hamburger is pretty lame/nasty!”

7. Hueco

Most of Guatemala, being gay is still considered something “wrong”, and a while back there were not too many people “out of the closet”, and so, calling someone gay was like a huge insult.

The word hueco means “hole” or “hollow”, but in Guatemala it means Gay. So, since a while back, Guatemalans use the word when someone is not daring to do something, like a challenge or a deed. It’s basically calling someone a pussy or a chicken. But sometimes it is still used to insult a gay person or really hurt someone’s feelings, who may be straight, but wouldn’t be too happy about being called “Gay”.

Example:

“¡Salta de puente! ¡No seas hueco!”

“¡Jump off the bridge! ¡Don’t be a pussy!”

“¡Ese cerote es un gran hueco!”

“That guy is a big fag!”

8. Pisado

Pisado is a Guatemalan slang curse word that is similar to cerote, but a little less used and sometimes a little more offensive. It is used more like “jerk”. It is sometimes used to insult someone.

For an example:

“¡Ese pisado me debe dinero!”

“That jerk owes me money!”



“El pisado quiere que pague intereses”

“The dude wants me to pay interest”

9. Tarado

Tarado is a Guatemalan slang word that is used to insult someone mainly. It is to insult the intelligence of the person, to be more specific. It’s like calling someone dumb or stupid.

For an example:

“¡Oswaldo es bien tarado!”

“Oswaldo is very dumb!”



“No seas tarado, ¡no es para allá!”

“Don’t be stupid, it’s not that way!”

10. Verga

We have come to the final and most important of this list. Well, maybe not the most important but the one with the most amount of different meanings and uses of all. This word covers a wide range of insults and swear words, so I will go right to the examples. There are just two basic meaning you should know.

Verga’s meaning is “Dick”, yes like the male reproduction organ, and Guatemalans use it to say “dick” in all its manners.

The other big one is being drunk, like being a verga.

Anyway lets go to the examples for a more clear view of the word….

Examples:

“Yo tengo la verga grande.”

“I have a big dick.”

“Estoy bien a verga.”

“I am really drunk.”

“Pelame la verga cerote.”

“Fuck off man.”

“Ya estoy a verga de tus mentiras.”

“I’m sick of your lies.”

“¡Le voy a dar verga a ese cerote!”

“I’m going to beat the fuck out that guy!”

“¡Chupame la verga!”

“Suck my dick!”

“¡Ala verga! ¡Que increíble ese carro!”

“Holy shit! That car is amazing!”

“¡Ándate a la verga estúpido!”

“Go to hell asshole!”

“Que verga de casa la que tiene Saul.”

“Saul has a sick house.”

“¡Cállate vos cara de verga!”

“Shut up you dick face!”

“¡El profesor me metió la verga!”

“The professor really screw me over!”

“Me vale verga lo que pensés.”

“I don’t give a fuck what you think.”

There’s a lot more, but I think these are the main ones, I hope you enjoyed.