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Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world, it has more than 512 million speakers, it is among the 5 most learned languages ​​globally, and 22 countries in the world have it as their official language.

Since Spanish is a language with which so many people around the planet interact, it is normal for there to be a great diversity of ways of speaking it, which vary depending on factors such as the geographical conditions of each place, the social groups that inhabit them, migratory phenomena, and even the weather.

We know that, given this scenario, practicing your Spanish can be a difficult task: perhaps you learned in a certain place, and now you want to travel to get to know another, but you don't know if you will be able to understand the Spanish that is spoken there.

If this is your case, here we bring you some of the most common expressions and variations of Spanish spoken in Bogotá, so that you get to know them, become familiar with them, encourage yourself to come, and be able to function like one more local when you are in town. visit in Colombia.

How to say hello in Bogota

  • Quiubo: We begin our journey through the linguistic diversity of Bogota Spanish with this very famous greeting, which is the short and quick way of saying "What was there?" When we say this to someone we are asking how they are today, how was their day, or simply saying "hello".
  • What else?: when you are in Bogotá you will realize that the rolos they love to say hello by asking this question. With it we seek to know, in an affectionate way, about any news in the lives of our family and friends.

an afternoon with friends

After greeting them, it's time to invite them to hang out.

  • Combo or Patch: group of friends or people who meet to enjoy a pleasant time.
  • Curl or Advance notebook: meet with her combo or on patch to talk and exchange information
  • Cool: definitely, curl y advance notebook with our friends is a very cool, that is to say very good, fun, enjoyable. But Stacks! Be careful, because "chévere" is not pronounced as it is written. Actually, the word is said “chévre”, omitting an “e”.
  • Shall we go for a pola?: if you ever hear a person tell you "lets go for a pole? " you'll know it's an invitation to go have some beers. If you take too much there is a risk that you will wake up the next day with a guava awful.
  • Guava: It is the word we use in Colombia to talk about the hangover or discomfort that we have after a party where we drank a lot of alcohol.

At the time of paying

Speaking of parties or going out with friends, we have two very famous expressions for this context as well.

  • Mimi-miti: It means paying in halves or equal parts what we spend on an outing.
  • make cow: on the other hand, make cow It refers to gathering money to buy something between different people.
  • Napa: a very Colombian word, which we learn with our students during our trips to the market square. The napa It is an extra gift that we ask for in stores or informal shops after making a considerable purchase.
  • Things: Bogotá is a huge city with almost 12 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, so it is impossible for all of us to know each other. Even so, we love to call ourselves veci, which is short for neighbor to establish a bond of kindness with another person that we recognize as a fellow city.

Learn Spanish in Bogota

What we have just seen are just a few examples of the diversity of words, expressions and pronunciations that this beautiful and important language has, which is Spanish.

Learning a new language is a challenge that is not limited to grammar, structure and rules. So at school Nueva Lengua we are based on contextual learning: here you will learn the variants of Spanish through immersive cultural experiences.

Discover the academic and job opportunities that Bogotá has for you while you learn Spanish and experience Colombian culture from the inside, only with Nueva Lengua.

Check the plans that we have for you in Bogotá, or write to us at info@nuevalengua.com for more information about our Spanish courses and cultural immersion in Colombia.

All the articles in this blog have been written by the teachers of our school and by students from different countries who traveled to Colombia to learn Spanish.
“You travel too and study Spanish in NUEVA LENGUA"

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