Someone with shocking nerve — the audacity to ask for things or do things that normal people would be too embarrassed to attempt. Cara de palo (wooden face) is the person who shows up unbothered after doing something outrageous.

A slap across the face with an open hand. A cachetada hurts less than a closed fist but carries more humiliation — it's theatrical, personal, and impossible to forget regardless of which side of it you're on.

A clumsy person who trips over their own feet and can't coordinate their body to save their life. Patadura is physical clumsiness at its most relentless — the person who breaks things, bumps into walls, and steps on your feet constantly.

Someone who got their job or a favor through connections rather than merit. In Chile, apitutado means you pulled strings — a pituto (connection) got you in the door, and everyone knows it wasn't based on talent or effort.