Con calma
(everyday chunks)
A2 (¡Vas bien!)Used EVERYWHERE 🇲🇽Standard Spanish 😌
🧠 What it means
Wanna be more chill and zen? 🧘
Well, this is the chunkety-chunk-chunk for you!
It's what Mexicans say when they want things done slowly, calmly, carefully, or without stress.
It means something like:
👉 calmly / slowly / without rushing
Basically, if someone’s panicking, rushing, or stressing, you can hit them with: con calma.
And my suegro actually used to say this to me ALL. THE. TIME.
He was a VERY chilled, “let life happen” kinda guy, whereas I have my foot firmly in the “why am I not being productive right now” camp.
🌪️ When to whip it out
When talking about doing something calmly, without rushing:
Hazlo con calma.
Do it calmly. / Take your time.
Ve con calma.
Don’t rush.
Con calma, todavía hay tiempo.
Relax, there’s still time.
Respira y hazlo con calma.
Breathe and do it calmly.
Me gusta hacer las cosas con calma.
I like doing things calmly / without rushing.
⚠️ Tone
🧘 A super zen chunk!
🧘 Calm, reassuring, and natural.
🧘 Great for stress, work, driving, studying, life chaos, existential crises, etc.
🔁 Similar chunks
No te apuresTranquiPoco a pocoSin prisaTómate tu tiempoRelax
🦜 El Rincón del Cotorreo
Con ca-al-ma
Yo quiero ver como ella lo me-ne-e-a
Mueve ese poom-poom, gi-irl
Es una asesina, cuando baila quiere que to' el mundo la vea
I like your poom-poom, girl (¡Sub-sube!)
Con ca-al-ma
Yo quiero ver como ella lo me-ne-e-a
Mueve ese poom-poom, girl
Tiene adrenalina, en medio 'e la pista, vente, hazme lo que se-e-a
I like your poom-poom, girl (¡Hey!)