Please help with Mexican colloquial Spanish...?

Question

How do I say someone is a "nerd" or a "geek" in everyday street-Spanish?

How do you say "lousy" as in "he did a lousy job" or "he's a lousy cook"?

What a good equivalent for "cool" as in the expression "how cool is that?" or "is that cool or what?"

Thanks!

Answer 1

In mexico most of the people say nerd for nerd. Believe me, I have lived so many years in Mexico and this word is not translated.

And lousy, you say Mediocre. for instance hizo un trabajo mediocre, o es un cocinero mediocre.

And for cool, it's said padre or chido, both are accepted.

Answer 2

The word I learned for "nerd" is "ñoño" or "ñoña" for a girl.

I believe the currently "in" expression for "cool" is "chido/a", as in "¡Qué chido!" (How cool!). Before that it was "Qué padre!"

I'll let someone else handle "lousy"... lol. All I could give you would be the "dictionary" definition which would be either "malísimo" (really bad) or "pésimo" (worthless).

Answer 3

Nerk or geek is naco for a male or naca for a female. Pronounced nah-ko or nah-kuh.

I have no idea for lousy. Mal means bad.

Chido is cool. Sounds kind of like cheeto - like the snack.

Hope this helps a little.

Answer 4

Hola Troy, here you go:
*Nerd: In México we use the same expression: "nerd" but also you can use "cerebrito" (brainy).
*Lousy: the closest thing will be "malo", él hizo un mal trabajo.
*cool: the right word for this one is "padre" it is spelled like father, but it means cool too, like; "¡qué padre está eso!"
un saludo y felices fiestas!★

Answer 5

pesimo means "very bad", not worthless which means without value or in spanish "inutil"

Answer 6

1-Tonto, parvo, ñoño...
2- i dont understan.
3- that´s cool= esto mola.

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Answer 7

what