A thick blanket for protection against the cold in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The southern blanket that wraps you up when the temperature drops suddenly and you don't want to leave bed for anything in the world.

To read a message and intentionally not reply, to leave someone on read on purpose and calculated. It's the modern form of ghosting that causes more anger than a direct response.

To protest or complain excessively about something, to scandalize or loudly demand something. In the Southern Cone, someone who puts up a big fuss does not accept what happened and makes it known.

To wait in a line of people to be served — the most hated yet completely unavoidable activity of life in society. Standing in line at a bank or supermarket can test a saint's patience.