Ask for the top 30 must-know French slang words for conversation
French Slang Secrets: Speak Like a True Parisian!: Ask for the top 30 must-know French slang words for conversation
Here are the top 30 must-know French slang words for conversation, useful to speak like a native and understand informal daily interactions:
- Teuf - party (from fête)
- Pécho - to date, grab, or get (verlan of choper)
- Vénère - annoyed or irritated (from énervé)
- Bolos - coward or foolish person
- Relou - annoying (from lourd)
- Mater - to check out (someone)
- Bouffer - to eat (greedily)
- Pote - friend or mate (gender neutral)
- Chouette - cool or great (literally owl)
- Frérot - bro or little brother
- Chiant(e) - pain in the ass
- Oklm - cool, chill (from au calme)
- Une clope - cigarette
- Mytho - liar (short for mythomane)
- Wesh - what’s up, yo
- Un truc - a thing (generic)
- Un bordel - a mess or chaos (literally brothel)
- Meuf - woman or girl (verlan of femme)
- Mec - guy or dude
- Frais/fraiche - cool or fresh
- Grave - seriously (intensifier)
- Laisse tomber - forget it, let it go
- Être dans le coaltar - to be dazed or confused
- Avoir la flemme - can’t be bothered, lazy
- Avoir la seum - to be pissed off
- C’est n’importe quoi - that’s nonsense or ridiculous
- Charrier - to tease or kid
- Être crevé - to be exhausted
- En baver - to suffer or struggle
- Lèche-vitrine - window shopping (literally licking windows)
These words and phrases are widely used in informal French conversation and are great to know for better understanding and sounding like a native speaker in everyday interactions.