A snitch, gossip, or tattletale — someone who always has their nose in other people's business and reports back to authority or spreads what they know. In Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador, the sapo is one of the least beloved social figures. Nobody wants to be called a sapo.

Tangled up, confused, or overwhelmed by a mess of problems and obligations all at once. In Colombia, estar embolatado means you're in a complicated bind — too many things happening, none of them clear.

A dummy, a fool, someone who doesn't get the obvious and makes poor decisions. In Colombia, calling someone toche is a direct insult to their intelligence — not violent, but definitively dismissive.

Someone from the streets — a barrio dweller with swagger, confidence, and a code that's entirely their own. In Colombia, ñero can be derogatory (implying criminal associations) or a term of solidarity among people from the same rough background.