Across the Spanish-speaking world, to air someone's dirty laundry — to expose private secrets or embarrassing information publicly. The most dramatic way to settle a dispute.

Across Latin America, a social blunder or communication error that creates an awkward and uncomfortable situation. The moment you say or do something wrong and immediately wish you could take it back.

A person from the United States or any English-speaking Western country. In some Latin American countries, it's also applied to any fair-skinned or blonde foreigner, regardless of nationality.

In Spanish, to lose your mind from pressure or frustration — or alternatively, to get wildly excited and enthusiastic about something. The same phrase covers both madness and passionate joy.