To drive someone up the wall or push them to their limit until they lose their patience or explode with anger.
A: Julio sacó la piedra to me last night. I get home from work tired and he wants me to start cooking. B: Oh, no. But Julio has always been inconsiderate, ever since you were dating.
To drive someone to their breaking point or make them extremely angry. It implies the person has been pushed so far that they are ready to start hurling insults (referencing the act of insulting a person's mother as a sign of peak rage).
Don't make me sacar la mamá a pasear because you already know what's coming. / Don't make your grandmother sacar la mamá a pasear because nobody will be able to put up with her after that.
A vulgar expression used to convey extreme frustration, stress, or the feeling of being completely screwed. It is used when a situation is unbearable or when someone is being constantly bothered. (Cultural note: The phrase invokes La Chingada, a complex Mexican concept of a symbolic violated mother, used here as a powerful intensifier for bad luck or failure).
'Me carga la chingada with this job'; 'Ya se te cargó la chingada because of that guy'; 'I have to call the insurance, me carga la chingada!'
To be mad or angry. In Panama, the words 'enojado' and 'molesto' are rarely used, as Estar bravo is the default way to express being upset in almost any context.
'Don't talk to your dad, he is está bravo with you' : 'Honey, don't get te pongas brava, look, I didn't say it with that intention'
Contraction of 'dale para adelante' (go forward). Depending on the tone and context, it either means 'keep it up' as encouragement or 'get lost' as a dismissive way to tell someone to leave.
'You are doing great, dale pa' lante, with confidence' | 'Look, dale pa' lante before I bash your face in, you moron'
To get extremely pissed off or fly into a blind rage. It is a vulgar term. (Panamanian slang frequently adapts English words, such as guial for girl and fren for friend).
She got emputó with me because I told her she was fat. There is nothing worse than an emputada guial, fren.
To act in a strange or abnormal way, as if under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or as if you are losing your mind. It suggests someone is behaving so bizarrely that they must have smoked something toxic.
Hey, what is wrong with you, you are not usually like this, te fumaste un pañal cagao?
Derived from the English word fucking, this term is used as an intensifier to mean fucking or goddamn (Panama has many Hispanicized English loanwords due to the historical U.S. presence in the Canal Zone).
Shut your fokin mouth : Who told you that fokin lie?
A loudmouth, a scene-maker, or someone who is excessively dramatic and noisy. It refers to a person who makes a huge fuss or a loud, public display of emotions like anger, joy, or complaining.
Stop being such an arbolario and shut up. I am already tired of your arbolario behavior.
A versatile Colombian term used to describe someone who is exceptionally skilled or talented, remarkably brave and gutsy, or very angry. (Though verraco is a variant, it is most commonly spelled with a B in this context).
I am berraco! (angry). How berraco of him to face that bull. He is so berraco at math.