English→Cuban Spanish

Translate English to Cuban Spanish like a local.

Cuban Spanish with the island's own rhythm, greetings, and words.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

What's up?

¿Qué bolá?

“Qué bolá” is unmistakably Cuban. No other country greets this way, and Cubans abroad light up when they hear it.

The bus is coming.

Ahí viene la guagua.

“Guagua” is the bus in Cuba and the Canary Islands. In the Andes “guagua” means a baby. Dialect is not a detail.

Hey, buddy!

¡Oye, asere!

“Asere” is Havana street warmth for a friend, the kind of word no generic Spanish translator will offer.

Do you have a dollar?

¿Tienes una fula?

Fula is Cuban slang for a US dollar and signals casual local speech about money.

Let's get some food.

Vamos a buscar jama.

Jama is an informal Cuban word for food and gives the phrase a relaxed, everyday feel.

My grandma is coming over this afternoon.

Mi abuela viene pa' la casa esta tarde.

Pa' is the colloquial contraction of para, common in Cuban speech and signaling an informal register.

I have a ton of work.

Tengo tremenda pincha.

Pincha is Cuban slang for work, while tremenda acts as a local intensifier meaning a lot of.

It's pouring today.

Hoy está cayendo un palo de agua.

Palo de agua is a Cuban expression for a heavy downpour and adds vivid local color.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Cuban Spanish. Tú everywhere, direct warm register; local colour where casual: asere, qué bolá, guagua for bus, jama informal for food.

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