Guanabee Glossary: Hijole
2 July 2009, 1:00 PM. By Alex Alvarez
If you’ve ever asked a Mexican whether it’s cold enough for a chaqueta or asked a Cuban to pass a bollo at dinner, you’ll know that Latino slang terms can vary from country to country, region to region, generation to generation, a reality that often results in embarrassing situations. Guanabee Glossary is our attempt to teach you Latino slang and save you from looking like a weird-ass fool in mixed company. Enjoy it, cabrones.
hijole
[ee-ho-leh] interjection
A handy interjection used extremely often among Mexicans to express surprise.
Hijole, guey! Que onda, pendejo, hace años que no te veo.
Whoa, dude! What’s up, fucker; I haven’t seen you in ages.
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As a child, I used hijole all the time. I think I watched way too many episodes of El Chavo del Ocho.
this word reminds me of summers on the porch in san antone when i was a wee lil’ texican. my grandpa and dad shooting the shit over 238958234567 beers, slapping their knees and saying “¡hiiiijole” every 2 seconds.
this is one of the words i use the most, followed by a pues
Also used in total frustration: “Hijole, you better stop before I slap you.”