The short answer would be that as a colony of Spain, Colombia acquired Spanish as its de-facto national language (a lingua franca for both the native people and the colonisers), which then became the country’s official language upon the achievement of independence.

Colombian Spanish (Spanish: español colombiano or castellano colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia….

Since the vast majority of Colombians are of at least partial Spanish descent and their culture is predominantly derived from Spain, it is a rarely used term and Spanish-Colombians identify as such.

And despite the existence of local variations and slang usage (a feature, incidentally, which is common across all countries), the Spanish spoken in Colombia is entirely intelligible to nationals from Spain and, even more so, to other Latins.

Colombian Spanish speakers tend to use usted almost always when directly speaking to a person. They use it to the point where it’s probably the only word you’ll hear for “you.” Very rarely will you hear Colombians talking to each other with tú, although it’s not entirely unheard of.

Chao. And chao is the universal “goodbye”! Pronounced just like the Italian “ciao”, you say this instead of “adios”.

The word listo literally means “ready,” but is also used in Colombia to say “okay!”

Gonorrea = Is a slang popularized by the people of the “barriadas” (the poorest part of Medellin), this word literally translate “gonorrhea” and the meaning may vary, when is referred to somebody usually is consider an insult as strong as “bitch”, but when this word is refered to an action, can be understood as …

For example, Mexicans, Argentinians, Colombians, among others are considered Hispanics. They can also be considered Latinos, as they are each part of a Latin American country.

Parce / parcero: In Colombia parce or parcero both mean ‘mate’, ‘dude’ or ‘bro’.

Used in almost the same fashion as chévere, bacano is an adjective that is also very popular in Colombia and is used to mean “nice,” “cool,” “good,” etc… You could use it to describe a person, a thing, an experience—anything, basically, that you think is of good quality!

“Chévere” is a popular word for “cool” that is heard throughout Colombia, though it is not exclusive to that country.

When applied not to people, but instead to situations and tasks, “berraco” means “very difficult”. For example, “Uy esto está muy berraco hermano” is a way to say “Jesus man, this is really tough!”. Another popular phrase meaning roughly the same thing is “¡Qué cosa tan berraca!” (“What a difficult / tricky thing”).

Necio: noun. coloq. Someone that can’t stay still, irritating. Similar to: Pain-in-the-backside (or less polite alternatives).

¡Qué chimba! — That’s cool or awesome. Algo más chimbo. — Something so “cheap,” dull, useless.

Bacano has the same meaning as bacán in Chile when referring to an object. If something is bacano, then it is really good and the person likes it a lot. You can also say “¡Qué bacano!”, which means how great! If a person is bacano, then they are good at doing something that is difficult.

Dominican men look for women who they are attracted to and opposites do attract, to each it’s own. But they definitely want their women pretty at all times and subservient.

Chapi-chapi is a small, two-stick kite that can be quickly constructed from cheap materials such as newspapers, broom sticks, or discarded plastic sheet. It is very popular in the Philippines. The name itself colloquially means, “assembled fast” or “quickly improvised”.

BULTO. Definition: to talk a lot and not deliver, to cause a scene, no problem.

“Dique” means “supposedly “,”not even” or “apparently”. This word is used when Dominicans talk about incidents or information they are not sure about. They also use this word when they have an uncertain expectation about something or someone.

And, vato has a feminine counterpart: vata, which can be used to refer to prostitutes or a female who owes someone money.

1. literal meaning “The Devil Lurks” or “The Devil Walks”

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