List of Puerto Rican Slang Words and Phrases - G

G

• Galán - Standard Spanish for a 'beau'; someone who looks elegant or dandy. It also refers to the lead actor in a telenovela or movie.
• Guillao or Guille - "Prideful" or "Pride", respectively. The phrases Estar guillao and Tener guille" both mean "to have a lot of ego", "to be prideful", or "to be full of oneself." "Tenerlo guillao" - keeping it to yourself.
• Guagua - A city bus. Also a van, station wagon or small truck. These last three may also be called "guagüita", because they are smaller than the larger sized city buses.
• Guatapanazo - A very hard hit on to someone or to oneself. "¡Que santo guatapanazo se metió! (He got hit so hard!).
• Güebón - From "Huevón" (Big-balled, big-testicled.) A total asshole.
• Gufiao - Contraction of gufeado, an anglicism for goofy. "Cool", or "awesome." Example: ¡El show estuvo gufiao! (The show was awesome!"). Heard in the northern part of Puerto Rico.
• Gufiar - "To goof around", or "to joke around." Example: ¡Acho, deja el gufeo! ("Dude, stop goofing around!")
• Gusarapo - Tadpole. It also refers to the larval stage of mosquitoes or "sea-monkeys". "Renacuajo", however, is the proper Spanish word for this slang.