¡Cabrón! You’re Almost Fluent: Bad-Ass Spanish, Part Tres

Doing my part to teach you the useful words that your pinche high school Spanish teacher skipped.

Photo by Leslie Collins / Fodos

How do you pronounce Cabrón?

Holy cow. I’m going through all the possible ways of explaining similar sounding words in English and I’m stuck.

• LeBron — No
• Brown — No
• Bronson — No
• Bronchiectases — No. As is culturally appropriate for me, I don’t know what that means, I’m not going to look it up, but if it were in Spanish I’d make it a cuss word. (I’m sure someone will tell me it’s a medical term that is used in Spanish, but I’m still NOT looking it up).

Definitions

Actual Definition
Goat : Generally a large one, but not to be confused with the very delicious and highly recommended Mexican dish, cabrito.

Alternate Non-Cuss Word Definitions
Cuckold: “Le esta poniendo los cuernos a ese pobre cabrón.”
She is cheating on that poor cuckold. If you’re not sure of the meaning of this word in English, just let it go.

Bastard/Bitch: This was tough because I don’t know if these are cuss words anymore. “Ese cabrón me cobro demasiado por…