How do you say grill in Spanish, as in for one's teeth?!?

Question

How do you say grill in Spanish, as in for one's teeth?!?

The word would be frenos or frenillos - wcarcamo, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum. Grill meaning face or teeth is English slang and doesn't translate exactly into another Spanish slang word. Teeth are just dientes.

Yea, sorry to tell you but the word comes from ingorant actions performed by rappers (which isn't popular anymore thank god) and there isn't a translation for it. Just my two cents.... =) - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Kevin shows a very good point though, there aren't always translations for words from English to Spanish and vice versa. - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

"ingorant?" I know it's just a typo, but a genre is a genre, que no? :) - cristalino, Mar 3, 2011

No, lol, I meant it's an ignorant thing that rappers do. - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 2

I'm English and have never heard anyone use grill to mean face or teeth. It's a new one for me. Maybe it's only used in some regions of the UK?

I've only heard it used to mean la parrilla or also as part of phrases like 'to give someone a grilling' - which means to ask someone a lot of difficult questions.

It looks like I have more English to learn as well as Spanish.

Sounds like it's Gringlish homes... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

It seems it's more to fo with the social circle you move in, check out lorenzos post. It's not your English that's at fault:-) - lagartijaverde, Mar 3, 2011

In addition to the teeth thing, "Getting up in someone's grill" means getting right in their face and yelling at them. - KevinB, Mar 3, 2011

Stereotypically (according to Wikipedia) in hip hop culture, a grill (also front or golds) is a type of jewelry worn over the teeth. Grills are made of metal and are generally removable. I know this from my high schoolers! - srtahorner, Mar 3, 2011

'sake. Oh were it possible to levy a stupidity tax, let's say 70%, on stuff like that... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

@afowen: would be a great 'shot in the arm' for NHS, hey! ;o) - cristalino, Mar 3, 2011

Or use it to buy essentials for people without food or clothing... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

Amen to that afowen & cristalino! - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

I have an idea we can make some money off of. Offer rappers custom finger nails! It's a sure to catch on thing, and we'll get rich. Who's in? =) - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Soild gold finger nails. Let's do it. As soon as it catches on with the rappers, the traquetos of Bogotá will copy and I can make a mint, and build some shelters or stuff for those living on the streets... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

Orale pues compa, ya tenemos un negocio listo para hacer millones. Tomando dinero de los pendejos y ayudando los pobres. jaja! - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

You're way too late with the finger nails, both the rappers and the goths have had them for years. - lorenzo9, Mar 3, 2011

=\ - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

We are talking nail surgery, the removal of the originals their replacement with purest green, ahem, gold... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

Yeah DJ, like modern-day Robin Hoods... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 3

In english we have common phrases that we use like grill, but those do not translate into spanish properly. The way to say teeth in spanish is los dientes.

Common where? Never heard that one... - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

It's common amongst the ignorant... rofl. It's the rappers with the gold teeth and stuff. - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

(the gold teeth is a grill) - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Ah, redemption! Here "ignorant" is all good in da hood... buggin' homes! :) Isn't 'grill' from the fancy grill pattern a lot of pimped rides had on the front of the vehicle? - cristalino, Mar 3, 2011

That's what I know the word to describe and that's how I use it. However ignorance seems to become more and more predominant by the year, especially here in America. ;-) - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Lol, but yea, you got me good cristalino. - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 4

It's the same word grill

ugh! - lagartijaverde, Mar 3, 2011

Birdland, I was going to use the same exact phrase. It's now ugly in at least two languages. - KevinB, Mar 3, 2011

yea! - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 5

Hey folks, Just checking! I actually am a Spanish teacher, but since I'm not a native speaker, my Spanish is much more academic/grammatical if you will. I just know there's lots of slang that I missed learning along the way : ) My kids are just dying to learn this stuff so they can make their dialogues funnier in class, and I try to humor them on occasion.

Gracias por toda su ayuda!

Srta. Horner

Answer 6

Oh, I didn't know the slang and thought srtahorner meant "aparatos" for the teeth.

Answer 7

At least BA wore his bling with style...

Lol... I wonder if anyone has robbed him yet. ;-) - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Man, I pity the fool who tries to rob BA! - afowen, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 8

Hola Srta. Horner,

This is a "grill"

En la cultura hip hop un grill es un tipo de joyería bling bling que se lleva en los dientes.

Trust me, i'm young and I hate the idea. I'm (currently) 20 years old, and basically your students are refering to the contraption above. Basically people with nothing better to invest or spend money on go and buy gold, silver, platinum, and even diamond plates to put on their teeth.

I hope this helps, and please don't take my dislike for "grills" as hostility... you're actually a cool teacher if your interested in connecting with your students, I wish their were more like you.

-DJ Huero

I don't care for it either (ol' skool here) but after all, it is "their" money, que no? - cristalino, Mar 3, 2011

Pues sí, tienes razón. I'm feel dumb just spending money on my "chain". That's about the extent of my jewellry though, except for my nice class ring and my other silver ring. - DJ_Huero, Mar 3, 2011

Answer 9

But it would be grille not grill no, assuming that the term comes from the grille of a car?

Then again, I suspect that in American, it is not spelt with the e...

Answer 10

As in "all up in my grill"? I would decode that in English as someone aggresively being in face to face contact with me.

So... in this sense, grill would translate as cara (face).

Nope these kids are learning clothing/accessories vocabulary and actually want to wear a grill! - srtahorner, Mar 3, 2011