Regional slang and cultural differences

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But in particular, we're going to focus on slang words to talk about work in Spanish. Prepara-the porque empezamos . Let's start with one of the first slang words for work you'll hear in Spain. Curro. It sounds cool, right? This one is super common and it means work. Entonces, por ejemplo, si alguien te pregunta, ¿qué tal el curro? Now you know that they're asking how's work or how's work going ? So curro is a noun, but you can also use the verb cur rar , which means to work. So you can say things like: mañana no curro, I'm not working tomorrow, lucky you if that's the case. Or you can also ask someone: the que as to ask them what they do for a living. There are other derived words from curro, such as currante, which essentially means worker. However, curran te sometimes also has the connotación of a hard working person, somewhere who is very committed to what they do. So if you say es muy currante . That means that that person is very hard working. Muy bien. So so far we've seen curro, currar, and curran te, but we actually use many other slang words for work in Spain. For example, a personal favorite of mine is faena . And I honestly use this one a lot. I think it's maybe more common in the region of Valencia where I'm from, and essentially faena means work . But it can also mean task. So if you hear someone say something like : Mucha faena hoy. It basically means I have a lot of work today or I have so many things to do today. También tenemos la palabra tajo , which apart from being one of Spain's most important rivers, El Tajo , is also a slang word for work . This one I would say is a bit more colloquial than the other. So if someone say esto y en el taho . This probably doesn't mean that they're swimming in the river taho, but that they're simply at work. Vale, so we've seen some slum words. Ratat to work used in Spain. But what about the rest of the Spanish-speaking world? You may be wondering. Well, let's see a couple of examples from other countries. For example, in Mexico, you'll hear the word chamba a lot, which also means work . And similarly, you can also use the verb chambe ar. You can say things like : prefiere chambear , which means he or she prefers to work from home. Oiras la palabra laburo exactly. In Argentina you'll hear the slang word laburo, which again means war. But also the verb laburar, which means to work. So as you can see, there are plenty of options for you to choose from, but don't worry, no matter which slang word you prefer to use, you'll be understood across the Spanish-akspeing wor ld. Now, on to a quick cultural difference that I would really like to share with you. I'm Spanish and in Spain, people don't usually ask what do you do for a living as soon as you meet someone? So I live in Scotland now, and in my experience, every time I meet someone new here, the question, what do you do for work? tends to be one of the first things that they would ask me, and I must say it's always a bit of a surprise to me. It's not that in Spain we don't ask what someone does for a living when we meet them, but it usually komes a we bit later once you've built some rapport with the person. But don't worry, it's totally fine to ask someone the key kuras what do you do for a living or for work at the beginning if you wish that's totally fine. And finally, I couldn't finish this video without mentioning curro . So cur ro, apart from meaning work , was also the name of the mascot for the 1992 World Expo that took place in Sevilla . I used to have a staff toy of Curro when I was little, and I absolutely loved him. He actually became quite iconic in Spain, and I would say most people still remember him. So when people mention Sc urro, who knows? They might not just be talking about work. They could be talking about the expo mascot too. Muy bien, estupendo. Entonces, antes de acabar, hagamos un pequeño resumen, a short summary. So now you know that cur ro is a slum word for work used in Spain, but it's also the 1992 expo mascot. You've also learned derived words such as the verb currar, which means to work, and currante worker or hard worker, depending on the context. You know that in Mexico people use chamba for work or the verb chambear to say to work. And in Argentina you'll hear laburo work or the verb