Colombia
Most popular words
All expressions
Colombia
All expressions
To share or repost someone else's content on your own social media — the digital version of word of mouth. Repostear is how content spreads like wildfire across Spanish-speaking social media: one share leads to another and suddenly everyone's talking about it.
Friend, buddy, close companion — the short form of 'parcero' in Colombia. Parce is how Colombians greet their people, check in on them, or just acknowledge someone as part of the inner circle. It's casual, warm, and deeply Colombian.
In Mexico and Latin America, to go wild with fun — to have a crazy good time without limits or filters. When you loqueas, you're letting loose completely.
To chat or converse via text messages on any messaging application. This is the most normalized English loanword in digital Spanish.
To be careless enough that you hand someone the opportunity to take advantage of you, rob you, or screw you over. In Colombia, dar papaya is a warning and a philosophy: don't flash your phone in the wrong neighborhood, don't leave your bag unattended, don't trust too easily.