Informal conversation
- close friend (Colombian informal)
- cool / great (Colombian informal)
- job (Colombian slang)
- to go partying (Colombia)
- party / night out (Colombia)
- heartbreak after a breakup (Colombia)
- laziness / reluctance (Colombia)
- repeated scolding (Colombia)
- boring nuisance (Colombia)
- thing / stuff (Colombian informal)
Everyday objects
- traffic jam (Colombia)
- small bus (Colombia)
- pharmacy (Colombia)
- ballpoint pen (Colombia)
- cup / mug (Colombia)
- afternoon snack (central Colombia)
- baby bottle (Colombia)
- blanket (Colombia)
- cap (Colombia)
- little extra given free (Colombia)
Food and drink
- black coffee (Colombia)
- corn cake (Colombia)
- Colombian cheese bread
- cheese-and-corn bread roll
- Colombian chicken-and-potato soup
- hearty meat-and-root-vegetable soup
- fried flattened plantain
- snack food / sweets (Colombia)
- lulo fruit
- unrefined cane sugar block
Answer key: Colombian Spanish Words
- close friend (Colombian informal) el parcero (also la parcera, el parce, la parce)
- cool / great (Colombian informal) bacano (also bacana, chévere)
- job (Colombian slang) el camello
- to go partying (Colombia) rumbear
- party / night out (Colombia) la rumba
- heartbreak after a breakup (Colombia) la tusa
- laziness / reluctance (Colombia) la locha
- repeated scolding (Colombia) la cantaleta
- boring nuisance (Colombia) la mamera
- thing / stuff (Colombian informal) la vaina
- traffic jam (Colombia) el trancón
- small bus (Colombia) la buseta
- pharmacy (Colombia) la droguería
- ballpoint pen (Colombia) el esfero (also el esferográfico)
- cup / mug (Colombia) el pocillo
- afternoon snack (central Colombia) las onces
- baby bottle (Colombia) el tetero
- blanket (Colombia) la cobija
- cap (Colombia) la cachucha
- little extra given free (Colombia) la ñapa
- black coffee (Colombia) el tinto
- corn cake (Colombia) la arepa
- Colombian cheese bread el pandebono
- cheese-and-corn bread roll la almojábana
- Colombian chicken-and-potato soup el ajiaco
- hearty meat-and-root-vegetable soup el sancocho
- fried flattened plantain el patacón
- snack food / sweets (Colombia) el mecato
- lulo fruit el lulo
- unrefined cane sugar block la panela