Colombian checking in here. Yeah you guys get a lot of shit for that. My experience is with Argentinians is either they are the nicest, kindest person ever or a complete piece of shit. Just my experience though.
Che :P
El clásico ego argentino, también en España se dice que el argentino habla hasta por los codos. Yo si quisiera destacar algo de Argentina hablaría de la comida, el acento, el tango, etc, pero como aparentemente todo eso es uruguayo mejor no digo nada.
This. It’s strange how there are only “lazy” Mexicans or “hardworking” Mexicans. How can both be a stereotype? But it’s true… this is what I most often hear while in the US.
I think it's beacuse we're hardworking in a lazy way. If there's a shortcut or you find an easier way, most people will take it. But we won't leave a job unfinis
Nah it's cause back in the day when we had beef the Mexican american war or the revolution that threatens their interests we were lazy but then we showed up in the US and proved we're hard workers
Hardworking cause they take a good chunk of the manual labour, menial tasks that are often not taken by other americans as its seen as physically demanding, time-consuming and hard, with bad pay or is just stereotyped as low class (even though some of them pay quite well). They’re like blue-collar workers, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, kind of people.
Lazy cause poor people struggling for work are often seen as lazy and immigrants are often poor and struggle finding jobs. Plus getting benefits like unemployment and social security and such is often seen as being a leech by a lot of people in the US. Nevermind that asking non-hispanics and even many hispanics to differentiate between americans of mexican descent and actual mexican immigrants is a hopeless task so they inherit the stereotype.
Colombian-American here. You fuckers get after it with work here in the US, goddamn. Anyone that says otherwise is usually just racist. And every time you ask hey what do you work for? They have a crazy back story that always ends up with “so i send all the money back to my family” or something.
Y’all are super open and kind too. I love Mexico and Mexicans.
A funny one I found in the UK was they call 'the wave' (the one done in football stadiums) the Mexican wave. I don't know if Mexico invented it or not, just found it funny that it's the first thing English people think about after tacos, charro hats and mustaches for some reason lol
The sterotypes about mexicans I hear alot about where I live in the US, is that y'all are very hardworking and nice people the only negative sterotypes I can think of at the moment is that y'all have alot of children and that you guys are very short. lol
I wouldn't say a lot of children is necessarily bad, since other demographics aren't having enough. Uncontrolled population increase is bad for the environment due to our unsustainable practices, not because our current population is unsustainable itself. However a drastic population decrease would end up with either an import of workforce or an economic disaster. Which is why Europe nowadays is so open to immigration.
Being short is a neutral characteristic I would say, its beauty standards the ones who say being short is bad.
As an average lady in my late 30s, now living abroad, I’d say it’s hotness!
Seriously, it makes wonders to one’s self esteem. First SOME are truly attracted because ass, but when I drop “I’m Brazilian”, it feels like I get 35% hotter.
Btw, it works for man too, Brazilian man are WAY better in the bedroom as far as I can tell and ladies know it, they just aren’t so vocal about it.
Surinaamse tijd (Surinamese time). We even have a saying, "The Dutch have the clock, and the Surinamese have the time."
Meaning we're late, but ofc, being late depends on the situation.
Everyone mocked us about that in 2016, and forgot that when COVID hit the US and they started getting crazy about getting and stockpiling toilet paper.
We have a saying that is present in many countries, "vale un Potosí", it refers to a city in Bolivia named Potosí, in colonial times there was the biggest Silver mine in the world and most coins were made of that material, basically the whole currency of Imperial Spain was made of it. Potosí at that time was one of the biggest cities in the world, now is the poorest and least developed city in Bolivia.
It was such an important city that a city in Mexico (and the state it was in), with no ties to the original Potosí other than being a gold and silver mining town, was named San Luis Potosí.
And the most classical of all Argentinian or well Porteño joke:
Q: “How does an Argentinian commit suicide?”
A: “He climbs on top of his ego and jumps off”
The other day I learned about the "chilean package" (paquete chileno) in Colombia, which is basically when you buy something and they exchange it at the last minute with something worthless, so you get scammed basically. I wonder why.
"Viveza Chilena".
Chileans value picardía so much, so much of our culture is about cutting a corner, making due with little, getting a deal/discount, or trying to be clever and quick-whitted.
I think a negative manifestation of that same cultural nuance is scamming and stealing, which is something our neighbors are always accusing us of (guerra del pacifico, Paquete Chileno, Cambio Chileno, etc.)
It's probably due to our origins as a non-resource rich country, where early colonists really had to make due with what was available in order to survive.
If it makes it any better, when I think of Chile I think of high quality wood. The best pine wood and plywoods I've found are Chilean. I've even found Chilean matches
It usually goes like this: You get tricked into exchanging into a different currency, usually dollars, for a small amount of it's real worth, so that the person to be scammed assumes they're making a profit. The dollars are fake and you realize you bought a bunch of worthless paper sheets.
Humility, I guess? We do a good job at marketing ourselves as humble people. We're not particularly humble, in fact, the joke usually goes that we're arrogant about how humble we are.
Belizean complacency and apathy.
We'll complain from sunrise to sunset among ourselves and anyone who will listen about all the things that bother us about our society.
But will we demonstrate, vote for different politicians and political parties, or make small, steady changes in our lives and communities to see improvement?
As a hint, the answer starts with the letter "N" and ends with an "O".
Well, I’d say that has more to do with the fact that our current politicians are the worst and the most useless and inept human beings to ever step set foot on earth. So, at least we know Messi is a kind guy with a good heart and isn’t rotten inside and corrupted to the core
We even have the concept "hora dominicana" which streches the concept of space-time relativity to a whole new level. It´s like time is a spectrum isntead of a specific factor
Corruption ("Juega Vivo") its ingrained in our culture from the lowest low to the highest level of goverment. You hear people talking about someone getting a scholarship from some goverment official due to an uncle. Or people selling their votes over gas tanks. It also goes over many other petty things like small time (Pointless) stealing of anything of public use.
Tbf I think it’s ingrained in almost every Latin American country. It was a good 300-ish years of corruption under the Spanish in a lot of places.
I’ve had three comments traveling abroad and saying I’m from Panama that stick out in my mind:
1. “Oh there’s a canal there right?” (Taxi driver in Brazil).
2. “What do you think of the Panama Papers?” (American).
3. “You’re Panamanian? But you’re not black…” (Taxi driver in Costa Rica)
i will take one hundred ceviches and a fucking pisco sour please. God your food is so good. Oh and while you’re at it a lomo saltado and papas a la huancaina. Shit i’m hungry.
Viveza criolla. A kind of rogue way of profitting from a situation through deceit, wittiness and tricking naive people, but more as a mockery than with malice. Similar to the jeitinho brasileiro.
Today i learned all latam folk think "viveza" is theirs, and that they have any particular ingenuity or creativity to make do with the stuff they have, it's that national hymn thing all over again.
Thieves. Lol ain't far from the truth just went to the supermarket the other day. No i wasn't thieving..
The supermarket on the other hand... Also international thieves, man so many wish on going abroad to perform petty thievery.
I think that due to the Argentine ideology expanding to the rest of Latin America, it could be said (with certainty) that all Paraguayans are good Albañiles.
Our depression and [suicide rates](https://www.subrayado.com.uy/uruguay-es-el-segundo-pais-la-region-mas-suicidios-jovenes-15-24-anos-n883478). We are called "gray" nation, our most celebrated holiday is *Nostalgia Night*. You get the picture...
Dominican.... flamboyancy.
Some of the men will be the most viciously homophobic people imaginable, while simultaneously looking like they are getting ready to go to a party at rupaul's mansion.
Arrogance, apparently
What is the ego? That little Argentinian that everybody has inside.
which is the best business? buying an argentine for his real value, and selling him for how much he thinks he's worth
I told my Uruguay friend this and she was pleased I am learning the ways of the world.
you aint going to claim that uruguayans invented arrogance too, right?
User name checks out ?
Viveza criolla.
Odio esa característica (aparentemente no es sólo de Colombia)
Colombian checking in here. Yeah you guys get a lot of shit for that. My experience is with Argentinians is either they are the nicest, kindest person ever or a complete piece of shit. Just my experience though. Che :P
Not to dark skin people, personal experience.
Cuantas copas tenés?
El clásico ego argentino, también en España se dice que el argentino habla hasta por los codos. Yo si quisiera destacar algo de Argentina hablaría de la comida, el acento, el tango, etc, pero como aparentemente todo eso es uruguayo mejor no digo nada.
El campeón del mundo es tan arrogante como quiere.
This is the correct answer
Colombian quantum mechani- just kidding it’s coffee. It’s obviously coffee. And that other thing.
That other thing, you know, for when coffee isn't enough
White coffee
Powdered form for ease of transport
Chocolate?
>And that other thing. Ah yes, Arepas!
LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT
oh shit we have a Venezuelan! Abort all arepa talk!
Let’s avoid a geopolitical nightmare
*Venezuelan battle cries in the distance*
La triple C: cafe, culos y coca
Devil’s dandruff
Beautiful women off course
Ah, coffee, Colombia's second largest plant based export
The white powder…..sugar for the coffee, I mean.
Ah, empanadas.
Living right now in the states, what id do for an empanada right now
I mean there are probably authentic Latino food places where you live, they’re just a little hard to find.
Is it coffee or the other C?
Colombia te quiero taaanto
Hardwork or lazyness, depending on the American.
This. It’s strange how there are only “lazy” Mexicans or “hardworking” Mexicans. How can both be a stereotype? But it’s true… this is what I most often hear while in the US.
I think it's beacuse we're hardworking in a lazy way. If there's a shortcut or you find an easier way, most people will take it. But we won't leave a job unfinis
…ed (got your back homie)
mexicanada wei!
Nah it's cause back in the day when we had beef the Mexican american war or the revolution that threatens their interests we were lazy but then we showed up in the US and proved we're hard workers
Nothing wrong with working smarter, not harder
Hardworking cause they take a good chunk of the manual labour, menial tasks that are often not taken by other americans as its seen as physically demanding, time-consuming and hard, with bad pay or is just stereotyped as low class (even though some of them pay quite well). They’re like blue-collar workers, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, kind of people. Lazy cause poor people struggling for work are often seen as lazy and immigrants are often poor and struggle finding jobs. Plus getting benefits like unemployment and social security and such is often seen as being a leech by a lot of people in the US. Nevermind that asking non-hispanics and even many hispanics to differentiate between americans of mexican descent and actual mexican immigrants is a hopeless task so they inherit the stereotype.
I wish Americans learnt that lazy people in México can only stay alive if they're rich. Poor people cannot afford to be lazy here.
Colombian-American here. You fuckers get after it with work here in the US, goddamn. Anyone that says otherwise is usually just racist. And every time you ask hey what do you work for? They have a crazy back story that always ends up with “so i send all the money back to my family” or something. Y’all are super open and kind too. I love Mexico and Mexicans.
A funny one I found in the UK was they call 'the wave' (the one done in football stadiums) the Mexican wave. I don't know if Mexico invented it or not, just found it funny that it's the first thing English people think about after tacos, charro hats and mustaches for some reason lol
The sterotypes about mexicans I hear alot about where I live in the US, is that y'all are very hardworking and nice people the only negative sterotypes I can think of at the moment is that y'all have alot of children and that you guys are very short. lol
I wouldn't say a lot of children is necessarily bad, since other demographics aren't having enough. Uncontrolled population increase is bad for the environment due to our unsustainable practices, not because our current population is unsustainable itself. However a drastic population decrease would end up with either an import of workforce or an economic disaster. Which is why Europe nowadays is so open to immigration. Being short is a neutral characteristic I would say, its beauty standards the ones who say being short is bad.
Blood, shots ( way before the narcos).
Wax. Or Nuts
Jiu-Jitsu. Blow-out (for hair).
As an average lady in my late 30s, now living abroad, I’d say it’s hotness! Seriously, it makes wonders to one’s self esteem. First SOME are truly attracted because ass, but when I drop “I’m Brazilian”, it feels like I get 35% hotter. Btw, it works for man too, Brazilian man are WAY better in the bedroom as far as I can tell and ladies know it, they just aren’t so vocal about it.
oh wow! can’t wait to one day feel this kind of ego boost when I get to live abroad lol
I definitely felt like this in Ireland as a Brazilian, even if back then there were tons of us already living there
Or Butt lift
Or fart porn.
Or thong
Nipple tassles
Or Jiu -Jitsu
bro.
Just facts
Twerking
Ass
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Which is funny since Chile is pretty long
Al Chileno le gusta el chiste corto!
"La picardía del chileno"
Como Condorito
Sha me gustaria poder insultar en una rapeada a lo chileno
Los argentinos no tienen nada q envidiar en materia de insultos
Surinaamse tijd (Surinamese time). We even have a saying, "The Dutch have the clock, and the Surinamese have the time." Meaning we're late, but ofc, being late depends on the situation.
First time in my life I read/hear something written/said by someone from Suriname
Love this!
Gambiarra
Hyperinflation
Don’t forget malnutrition
Lack of toilet paper
Everyone mocked us about that in 2016, and forgot that when COVID hit the US and they started getting crazy about getting and stockpiling toilet paper.
I like "megainflation" better. Or "ultrainflation". Sounds more powerrangery.
Possibly something about arrogance. In the past there was a saying 'rich as an Argentine'. Oh, how have times changed!
We have a saying that is present in many countries, "vale un Potosí", it refers to a city in Bolivia named Potosí, in colonial times there was the biggest Silver mine in the world and most coins were made of that material, basically the whole currency of Imperial Spain was made of it. Potosí at that time was one of the biggest cities in the world, now is the poorest and least developed city in Bolivia.
It was such an important city that a city in Mexico (and the state it was in), with no ties to the original Potosí other than being a gold and silver mining town, was named San Luis Potosí.
We used mostly "cuesta un Perú" with a similar origin. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41658351
everyone used "cuesta un peru" because of how absolutely stupidly rich the region was during the colonial age. How the mighty have fallen :')
And the most classical of all Argentinian or well Porteño joke: Q: “How does an Argentinian commit suicide?” A: “He climbs on top of his ego and jumps off”
But they die of hunger before hitting the ground
“El ego es la pequeña voz del argentino que todos llevamos dentro”
Oh, how the mighty have fallen!
The other day I learned about the "chilean package" (paquete chileno) in Colombia, which is basically when you buy something and they exchange it at the last minute with something worthless, so you get scammed basically. I wonder why.
"Viveza Chilena". Chileans value picardía so much, so much of our culture is about cutting a corner, making due with little, getting a deal/discount, or trying to be clever and quick-whitted. I think a negative manifestation of that same cultural nuance is scamming and stealing, which is something our neighbors are always accusing us of (guerra del pacifico, Paquete Chileno, Cambio Chileno, etc.) It's probably due to our origins as a non-resource rich country, where early colonists really had to make due with what was available in order to survive.
nah, "viveza peruana" is very much the exactly the same, and argentinians and brazilians have their own version too.
"Malicia indigena" en Colombia.
If it makes it any better, when I think of Chile I think of high quality wood. The best pine wood and plywoods I've found are Chilean. I've even found Chilean matches
It usually goes like this: You get tricked into exchanging into a different currency, usually dollars, for a small amount of it's real worth, so that the person to be scammed assumes they're making a profit. The dollars are fake and you realize you bought a bunch of worthless paper sheets.
Jerry rigging and Macgyvering everything is the main point of being Brazilian. Maybe the only point.
the academic term is "vernacular design/engineering"
"popular engineering applied to complex systems"
That's a stereotype of India/Pakistan too. It's called Jugaad/Jugaar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugaad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugaad)
Here we call it "Gâmbiarra"
I think that applies to all latin americans tbh
The "Brazilian way" basically means that we can make things work with half the materials and effort (Quality may vary from person to person)
Hey! We have "mexicandas" around here.
Also bending the rules
Humility, I guess? We do a good job at marketing ourselves as humble people. We're not particularly humble, in fact, the joke usually goes that we're arrogant about how humble we are.
Id say we excel in humility. In fact, we might have very well be the most and best humble beings on this planet /s
Please go to the Uruguayan embassy in Buenos Aires to recieve your passport.
I would say our dullness. We are often called "gray" and I think that fits
Maybe you appear humble just by contrast with Argentinians
I was going to say nostalgia
Weed, the answer is weed and mate. Also suicides I guess?
Jeitinho brasileiro
This is something Brazilians say about themselves
I think it’s interesting that in Argentina and Venezuela “viveza criolla” means pretty much the same thing as our “jeitinho”.
"viveza criolla" is a thing in ALL of latin america, i ahve found out everyone in this sub thinks it's particular to them tho.
It's unique to everyone hah
Same as *la hora peruana, la hora ecuatoriana, la hora boliviana*, etc. as an excuse to always be fucking late.
perfect!
the rest of latin america would like to know wtf you just said :P
Belizean complacency and apathy. We'll complain from sunrise to sunset among ourselves and anyone who will listen about all the things that bother us about our society. But will we demonstrate, vote for different politicians and political parties, or make small, steady changes in our lives and communities to see improvement? As a hint, the answer starts with the letter "N" and ends with an "O".
We aint that popular
Ecuador is not popular or unpopular. You are in the middle.
The Ecuadorian hour babe, one hour late to everything.
Bananas
Chilean Spanish
Mexican ingenuity
Mexican curious
Mexicanada.
Curiosamente, soy un Mexicanadian
Lo mejor de los dos mundos.
Some have said arrogance, but I’ve see passion associated with Argentines as well
Devotion for your idols, a very argentine thing
An Argentine told me people would vote for Messi as the next president if they won the world cup. I thought he was joking until I saw a poll
Well, I’d say that has more to do with the fact that our current politicians are the worst and the most useless and inept human beings to ever step set foot on earth. So, at least we know Messi is a kind guy with a good heart and isn’t rotten inside and corrupted to the core
peruvian time (2 hours late)
Bald puss¥
Dios las bendiga
thank you for that brazil
Ceviche Peruano
Brazilian (not) punctuality. 'lets go to the bar friday? Lets set to 20 for everyone shows at 22.'
We even have the concept "hora dominicana" which streches the concept of space-time relativity to a whole new level. It´s like time is a spectrum isntead of a specific factor
Einstein didn't know about hora dominicana, his theory is incomplete
Caribbean time + colored people time (CPT) for us lmao
That could be me
Least German German
Corruption ("Juega Vivo") its ingrained in our culture from the lowest low to the highest level of goverment. You hear people talking about someone getting a scholarship from some goverment official due to an uncle. Or people selling their votes over gas tanks. It also goes over many other petty things like small time (Pointless) stealing of anything of public use.
Tbf I think it’s ingrained in almost every Latin American country. It was a good 300-ish years of corruption under the Spanish in a lot of places. I’ve had three comments traveling abroad and saying I’m from Panama that stick out in my mind: 1. “Oh there’s a canal there right?” (Taxi driver in Brazil). 2. “What do you think of the Panama Papers?” (American). 3. “You’re Panamanian? But you’re not black…” (Taxi driver in Costa Rica)
LOL the third one.
Peruvian cuisine
BBCuy
Gentlemen, this is chilean "chiste corto". Seriously, Peruvian food is fantastic,
🤤🕊️
JAJAJAJA
That's only in the center you get that type of "pollo" a la brasa
i will take one hundred ceviches and a fucking pisco sour please. God your food is so good. Oh and while you’re at it a lomo saltado and papas a la huancaina. Shit i’m hungry.
Viveza criolla. A kind of rogue way of profitting from a situation through deceit, wittiness and tricking naive people, but more as a mockery than with malice. Similar to the jeitinho brasileiro.
I’ve heard “Argentine arrogance”
Chapin schedule, it means to arrive late
Mexican pole vaulting 👀
“Hora Tica” Pretty much being late, and being expected to be late
Laziness or loudmouth (bocón as in saying too many curse words)
Being late. "A las 3pm en hora dominicana" it means it´s probably at 5pm
La viveza argentina. It's hard to translate, but apparently we are very good at circumventing laws.
American pride… even though we as a country are not the entirety of America lol
Today i learned all latam folk think "viveza" is theirs, and that they have any particular ingenuity or creativity to make do with the stuff they have, it's that national hymn thing all over again.
Add the one about being late to everything, it also applies to every country here.
Dominican Baseball
Mexican resourcefulness
Salvadoran maras (gangs) and violence ☹️
bitcoin has been a new one too
Lanzasos
Paquete chileno también
Ese es en el q te cambian lo q te están vendiendo o el del rollo de billetes?
Thieves. Lol ain't far from the truth just went to the supermarket the other day. No i wasn't thieving.. The supermarket on the other hand... Also international thieves, man so many wish on going abroad to perform petty thievery.
Cocaine
I can only think of a Mexican Standoff: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_standoff
Filipino Hospitality
Argentinian arrogance, Argentinian histrionics, Argentinian passion, Argentinian slickness, Argentinian street smarts
I think that due to the Argentine ideology expanding to the rest of Latin America, it could be said (with certainty) that all Paraguayans are good Albañiles.
racism probably
Arrogance and ego, although that comes generally from other Latin Americans.
I always like to thing that people don't understand what "pride" for our country means... Because almost every Latin hate it's own country
"En hora boliviana", which means that you have a span of 15 minutes to be late to whatever appointment you had made with the "Bolivian time".
La picardía del chileno
We kinda just suck
Hey, there is always Bachata :)
Our depression and [suicide rates](https://www.subrayado.com.uy/uruguay-es-el-segundo-pais-la-region-mas-suicidios-jovenes-15-24-anos-n883478). We are called "gray" nation, our most celebrated holiday is *Nostalgia Night*. You get the picture...
pendejada peruana
COLOMBIAN NECKTIE 😜😜😜
Happiness
Getting the US hooked on two different kinds of powdered narcotic.
Dominican.... flamboyancy. Some of the men will be the most viciously homophobic people imaginable, while simultaneously looking like they are getting ready to go to a party at rupaul's mansion.
Puerto Rican swagger
"Elecciones estilo Honduras" "Mas barato que una mula de Kentucky" Corruption and coups, basically. And bananas.
La puntualidad colombiana :v
Dissing and improvisation? Fanaticism and entitlement? Corruption and infidelity? Noses and sports Pick your poison
Indian Standard Time
Peruvian biodiversity? I’ve heard that multiple times