guapo?

Question

How do you tell a guy he's good looking/cute? (in central american spanish). I thought it was hermoso, but recently read that is more "cutsy" like little kid cute and guapo should be used even if not in Spain?

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum, Linda

Hmm, hermoso would be strange over here in Spain. Guapo is the word we use, also está bueno, está como un tren...yes I know, sounds weird, jeje

We do use apuesto, however no young person would use that.

Answer 2

Apuesto...Bello...Lindo

I don't think guapo is widely understood in Central America.

Of course, there might be other colloquial expressions that I'm unaware of especially since I'm heterosexual.

Mexicans use the terms 'padre? o 'madre? to indicate excellence, and it has a wide range of applications.

'Está padrísimo'? or 'Está madrísima'? (check with the Mexicans around here for this one).

Others I found: simpático atractivo, cuco, gracioso.