Salvadoran Spanish→English

Translate Salvadoran Spanish to English the way locals mean it.

Salvadoran Spanish uses voseo, local slang, and softened phrases that can make a friendly message look blunt, confusing, or more literal than it is.

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What locals actually say

¿Qué ondas, vos? ¿Ya cayó el pisto?

What's up? Did the money come through yet?

Qué ondas is a casual Salvadoran greeting, vos marks familiarity, and cayó el pisto means the money arrived or was paid, not that money literally fell.

Está chivo, pero ahorita no puedo.

It's cool, but I can't right now.

Chivo means cool or good in casual Salvadoran speech, while ahorita often softens the timing to mean right now or for the moment.

Vaya pues, bicha, no te me ahuevés.

Alright then, kid, don't let it get you down.

Vaya pues signals acceptance or a gentle wrap-up, bicha informally means kid or young girl, and no te me ahuevés means don't get discouraged or upset.

Agarrá la 29 y te bajás frente al parque.

Take the 29 bus and get off in front of the park.

The voseo forms agarrá and te bajás signal an informal instruction to a peer.

¿Ya probaste las pupusas revueltas de ese puesto? Están bien buenas.

Have you tried the revueltas pupusas from that food stall? They’re really good.

Pupusas and revueltas are Salvadoran food terms that signal a local meal and filling.

Mi tata se va a quedar con nosotros este finde.

My dad is staying with us this weekend.

Tata is an affectionate colloquial word for father that signals familiar Salvadoran speech.

Te mando el informe en un rato, pero no me vayás a dejar botado con eso.

I’ll send you the report in a bit, but don’t leave me hanging on this.

The voseo subjunctive form vayás and the phrase dejar botado signal casual peer-to-peer speech.

Está cayendo un aguacero, maje.

It’s pouring, dude.

Maje is a distinctly Salvadoran casual term for a friend or guy, signaling relaxed peer talk.

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

How Salvadoran Spanish differs

Salvadoran Spanish. Voseo among peers (vos podés), usted respectful; local colour where casual: chivo for cool, bicho/bicha for kid (informal), pisto for money.

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