How to say cannabis slang in Nicaraguan Spanish

Spanish can be hard, y’all! Irregular verbs, nouns with gender, accent marks? And on top of it all, there are more than 20 Spanish speaking countries and each one has its own slang. If you’ve ever tried to use a word you learned in Spanish class with any of your Spanish speaking friends, you know that direct translations sometimes don’t cut it.

This makes knowing how to say weed slang in Spanish quite difficult. Fortunately for you, you now have this helpful guide that will help you sound like a pro at the next smoke sesh with your Spanish speaking friends.

Since each Spanish speaking country uses its own slang, this guide focuses on the kind of Spanish that I know best: Nicaraguan Spanish. To make sure my translations were on point, I called up my favorite Nica stoners (my cousin & my uncle) for help in creating this guide. There are about twenty years between the two of them, so as you can imagine they each use different words to describe their experience with cannabis. Just like how we don’t use “grass,” “reefer,” or “doobie” very much anymore, the same is true in Spanish!

Some of the words below, but not all, are the same in the regional Spanish of other countries. For example, when I lived in Colombia, I called the “plug” the “conecte,” like in Nicaraguan Spanish. But when I’m smoking with my Mexican friends, I don’t call it a “churro,” I call it a “porro.”

Anyways – enjoy!

Cannabis

Meaning: A plant native to Asia, well known for its therapeutic and sometimes psychoactive properties. Sometimes called marijuana or weed

How to say it in Nica Spanish: La mota, la maracachafa, la hierba, el monte, el veneno, el zacate

Joint

Meaning: A cannabis cigarette

How to say it in Nica Spanish: el alacran, el pito, el churro, el churrasco, el misil

Pipe / bowl

Meaning: A device for smoking cannabis flower, usually made of glass

How to say it in Nica Spanish: La pipa

Munchies

Meaning: That feeling of hunger you sometimes get after consuming cannabis

How to say it in Nica Spanish: La comelona, la hambruna, la choya, la bajona, los monchies (my personal fave from this whole list)

“Stoner”

Meaning: Someone who frequently partakes in cannabis

How to say it in Nica Spanish: Quemon

I’m high / I’m stoned

Meaning: To be under the influence of cannabis

How to say it in Nica Spanish: Estoy fundida/estoy fundido, Estoy quebrada/estoy quebrado

The “Plug”

Meaning: The person who provides you with your cannabis

How to say it in Nica Spanish: El hierbero, el huque, el conecte

Nicas – let me know what you think! If one of these words doesn’t sound right to you, send in your translation. And if you’d like to see a guide to another country’s cannabis slang, let us know!