To lose one's courage or confidence at the last minute and fail to do something that was previously promised. In Colombia, this term is used to describe someone who has big dreams but fails to follow through when it counts.

A scatterbrained person who acts without thinking and always makes a mess of things through pure impulsiveness. In Colombia and Venezuela the atolondrado is always in a rush but arrives last with everything upside down.

A recostado is a person who relies on others without doing anything for themselves, the ultimate slacker, often found in Colombia where they have an excuse for not working and someone to support them.

A low-rate lawyer who charges cheap fees but always makes things worse rather than better. In Colombia and Peru the tinterillo promises to win your case and ends up burying you in paperwork.