🇵🇹 Lisbon & Portugal Slang Dictionary

à bruta Massively / a lot / like crazy. alfacinha Someone from Lisbon (affectionate). altamente Totally / highly / awesome. arreda Get out of the way / move! bacano / bacana Cool / nice person (more common in the North but understood). bazar To leave / head off / bounce. beto / beta Preppy / posh / rich kid (often slightly mocking). bica Espresso (Lisbon term). boleia A lift / ride. bora Let's go / come on. borga Party / big night out. brutal Awesome / amazing (positive). bué Very / extremely / a lot of. cair o Carmo e a Trindade Something huge/dramatic happened (from the 1755 earthquake). canja Easy / a piece of cake (literally chicken soup). caraças Damn / wow / holy crap (mild-strong). cena Thing / situation / stuff. chumbar To fail (an exam). chunga Dodgy / trashy / low-quality / sketchy. curtir To enjoy / be into / like (also make out with someone). descer à Baixa To go down to Baixa (the historic centre). desenrascar To manage / get by / improvise a solution. e então? So? / What's up? / How's it going? enrascada A tight spot / mess / complicated situation. epá / opá Oh / wow / well / damn (very common). fazer das tripas coração To give it everything / make a huge effort. ficar In slang: to hook up / make out (also normal 'to stay'). ficar a ver navios To be left waiting / disappointed (left hanging). ficar de bico calado To keep quiet / shut up. fixe Cool / nice / great (pronounced roughly 'feesh'). fixolas Really cool (affectionate form of fixe). gajo / gaja Guy / girl (informal). ganda Big / great / massive (before a noun). giro / gira Cute / pretty / nice-looking. guito / massa Money / cash. imperial Small draft beer (Lisbon/South). ir aos pastéis To go to Pastéis de Belém (the famous custard tart place). já agora By the way / while we're at it. larica The munchies / strong hunger (especially after smoking). liso Broke / out of money. malta The group / the guys / the people. mano Bro / man (urban Lisbon). miúdo / miúda Kid / young person. na boa No worries / all good / chill. não tem ponta por onde se pegue It makes no sense / there's nothing to it. pá Man / dude / well (universal filler). picar o bilhete To validate the ticket (and also 'do the routine task'). porreiro / porreira Cool / decent / nice. pronto Okay / right / done / well then. puto / puta Kid / boy / girl (neutral in PT-PT when meaning child; careful with 'puta' alone). safar To manage / get out of a situation / get by. sarilhos Trouble / problems. seca A bore / a drag / annoying situation. tá-se bem It's all good / chill / no worries. tanto faz Whatever / it doesn't matter / either is fine. tipo Like / dude / sort of (super common filler). top Excellent / the best. treta Bullshit / drama / nonsense / trouble. tuga Portuguese person (affectionate/self-referential). ya Yeah / yes (casual).