Colombiadar papaya
idiom, verb · Colloquial · dahr pah-PAH-yah
To leave yourself open to being robbed, cheated or taken advantage of — flashing a phone on the street, leaving a bag on a chair, telling the wrong person what you earn.
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Colombia
Colombian Slang for Everyday Things
6 Colombian slang terms for everyday things, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal names for ordinary things and ordinary activities — the domestic layer of slang that rarely makes phrasebooks but comes up constantly.
embolatar
verb · Colloquial · em-boh-lah-TAHR
To mislay something, or for something to go missing in a muddle rather than by theft: 'se me embolató el recibo'.
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mecato
noun · Colloquial · meh-KAH-toh
Snacks — crisps, sweets, biscuits, anything eaten between meals. A mass noun: you buy mecato, not a mecato.
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paila
adjective, interjection · Informal · PY-lah
Done for; no good; too bad. 'Quedé paila' means I'm in trouble or I've had it, and a bare '¡Paila!' is the verdict that something has failed and nothing can be done.
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tinto
noun · Colloquial · TEEN-toh
A small black coffee, usually weak, usually pre-sweetened, sold from thermoses by street vendors and offered to every visitor to every office in the country.
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vaina
noun · Colloquial · VY-nah
Thing, thingummy — the universal placeholder for any object whose name you have not got to hand. 'Páseme esa vaina.'
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