English→Panamanian Spanish

Translate English to Panamanian Spanish like a local.

El español de Panamá mezcla el tuteo cotidiano con expresiones locales como «qué xopá», «fren», «chen chen» y «chévere».

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

Hey, what's up, bro?

¿Qué xopá, fren?

«Qué xopá» es un saludo panameño informal, y «fren» se usa para decir amigo o compañero.

I don't have any money left.

Ya no me queda chen chen.

«Chen chen» reemplaza a «dinero» en conversaciones informales y alude a la plata de manera coloquial.

That place is really cool.

Ese lugar está chévere.

«Chévere» expresa aprobación o entusiasmo en un registro casual, muy común entre panameños.

Hey, where is the bus stop?

Fren, ¿pa' dónde queda la parada del metrobús?

Fren is a Panamanian informal term for a friend, while pa' dónde is a casual spoken shortening that signals local everyday speech.

I want a shaved ice.

Quiero un raspao, porfa.

Raspao is the Panamanian name for a shaved-ice street treat and signals local food vocabulary.

My mom is coming with the kids.

Mi mamá viene con los pelaos.

Pelaos is a colloquial Panamanian word for children or young people and gives the sentence a local family tone.

I have to work early tomorrow.

Mañana me toca camellar temprano, fren.

Camellar is informal slang for working, and fren adds the familiar Panamanian way of addressing someone casually.

It is raining hard, so bring an umbrella.

Está cayendo un palo de agua, así que lleva paraguas.

Palo de agua is a Panamanian expression for a heavy downpour and signals local weather vocabulary.

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

Panamanian Spanish. Tú informal; local colour where casual: chévere, fren from friend, qué xopá as greeting, chen chen informal for money.

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