What does “albureaste” mean in Mexican Spanish?

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albureaste
Mexican wordplay
“you just made an albur” — you slipped a sexual double-entendre into something the other person said innocently.

An albur is the Mexican art of the loaded double meaning: you take an ordinary phrase and twist it so it lands with a hidden, usually sexual, second sense — ideally trapping the other person into having “set it up.” Alburear is the verb, and albureaste (“you albured [me/him]”) is the gleeful accusation when someone scores a point. It is a competitive, quick-fire street game, prized as verbal sharpness rather than mere crudeness.

Here two women confront a con man in front of a priest, and their tangle of “por atrás… por adelante” double meanings leaves the poor padrecito squirming — prompting the line “albureaste al padrecito” (“you just albur’d the little priest”). Mastering albures is a real status marker in Mexican humor; getting albur’d and not noticing is the loss.

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How common are the words?

How common are the words in this C1 Spanish listening practice video?

89.9%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Spanish words
Most of the words in this video are common Spanish words.

How common in written Spanish

85.7%
Top 1,000
89.9%
Top 2,000
97.5%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Spanish

95.7%
Top 1,000
98.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Spanish.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than C1. Here is what they mean.

güey
6×
Not in top 5,000
(slang) dude
chavas
2×
Not in top 5,000
(slang) girls
engañó
2×
Not in top 5,000
deceived
picaduras
2×
Not in top 5,000
stings
se rompió una jerga
1×
relationship ended, things fell apart

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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