literally "arriba" means "up"/"upper side". In a mexican song it is used as a way of "encouragement" as a way of making listeners to feel it up, etc. Songs from different countries in S.A. may use different words.
To make people get up. ¡Arriba! As an interjection > Come on! To encourage people.
an exclamation of pleasure or approval.
¡Ándale, ándale! is part of the cheer shouted by the cartoon mouse Speedy Gonzales. In this sense arriba means go! or hooray for...! and ándale means come on!
(used as an exclamation of joy, exultation, or encouragement): Arriba, Astros! Let's go!
Speedy debuted in a self-titled, Oscar-winning 1955 short film and is believed to have starred in another 45 episodes up until the present day. He is known for his catchphrase “arriba, arriba … andale, andale”, meaning “up, up … go on, go on!”
Arriba is a Spanish word meaning "up" or "above" and may refer to: "Ala-arriba", the motto of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Arriba!, a 1959 Spanish-language album by Caterina Valente and Silvio Francesco. Arriba (newspaper) (1935–1979), a daily newspaper from Madrid, Spain.
His name comes from a popular 1950s-era anti-Mexican sex joke. The non-Latino voice actor Mel Blanc voiced “the fastest mouse in all of Mexico” with a stereotypical accent and nonsense Spanglish.
From Spanish ándale (“hurry! come on! let's go!”).
Órale is a common interjection in Mexican Spanish slang. It is also commonly used in the United States as an exclamation expressing approval or encouragement. The term has varying connotations, including an affirmation that something is impressive, an agreement with a statement (akin to "okay"), or to signify distress.
Güey. This is the most ubiquitous word in everyday Mexican conversation. If you're going to learn just one piece of Mexican Spanish slang, let güey be the one. Most closely translated to 'mate', you'll mainly see it written as wey (which is incidentally how it's pronounced) rather than güey.
You say “¡Arriba!…” rising your glass, then “¡Abajo!” lowering it.
Historians use the Hispanicized term mita to differentiate the system as it was modified and intensified by the Spanish colonial government, creating the encomienda system. Mit'a was effectively a form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor, i.e. a corvée.
I learned the “tequila toast,” arriba (glasses up); abajo (glasses down); al centro (glasses to the front which wishes health to everyone participating in the toast); y pa' dentro (your tequila goes inside or drink your drink), when I was shopping in Acapulco a few years back.
When toasting at a Mexican celebration, pour the last seven drops of a bottle of wine into the glass of a person you wish to honor. Those drops are called "gotas de la felicidad" (drops of happiness) and are believed to bring happiness to the person who gets them.
Slowpoke, “The Slowest Mouse in All Mexico,” is Gonzales' polar opposite.
Feeling that the character presented an offensive Mexican stereotype, Cartoon Network shelved Speedy's films when it gained exclusive rights to broadcast them in 1999 (as a subsidiary of Time Warner, Cartoon Network is a corporate sibling to Warner Bros.).
It would be two years before director Friz Freleng and animator Hawley Pratt redesigned the character into his modern incarnation for the 1955 Freleng short, Speedy Gonzales. From that point on, Freleng made Speedy rounder, cuter, and dressed him in traditional Mexican attire, complete with a sombrero.
wee-wee {intransitive verb}
hacer pis {vb} [coll.] wee (also: wee, pee, piddle) hacer pipí {vb} [coll.]
From Old Portuguese arriba, from Latin ad (“at”) + rīpam (“coast, bank”).
Speedy was banned by Cartoon Network in 1999 for depicting unfair and untrue stereotypes about Mexicans — although the issue was not necessarily Speedy himself, but his fellow mice who were portrayed as drunk and lazy.
Speedy Gonzales is a speedy mouse character appearing in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Nicknamed "The Fastest Mouse in All of Mexico," his major characteristics are the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent.
Speedy Gonzales (also known as Speedy) is a major character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent.