Did you screw up?
No, calm down, calm down! I'm not here to
regañarte!
I'm just going to teach you how to say
I screwed up in euphemistic Mexican Spanish, jiji.
Because, let's be honest, we all make a mess of things sometimes, don't we?
Now, if you're in respectable company (and I'm sure all of you keep respectable company 😉), you can just say:
la regué.
And if you're in the company of vagabonds?
Well, there's also the more vulgar:
la cagué.
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Here's the full lowdown 👇
😇 The verb
regar and its derivatives are
VERY useful euphemisms in Mexican Spanish:
la regué =
I screwed up →
la cagué =
I fucked up
una regada =
a screw-up →
una cagada =
a fuck-up
un reguero =
a mess →
un desmadre =
a fucking mess
🤓 And if you're wondering about that
la, well, it
ALWAYS stays the same.
Yep, always!
Who knew grammar could be so easy?
🧩 Useful patternsYa la reguéFor when you realize the damage may already be done…Chin… ya la regué.Darn… I screwed up.
Creo / siento que la reguéFor when you think you might have made a bad decision…Siento que la regué.I feel like I screwed up.
La regué con + person / thingFor when you want to say WHO or WHAT you screwed things up with...Creo que la regué con el nombre.I think I messed the name up.