To go out partying, dancing, and having a great time until the body gives out. In Colombia, rumbiar is the verb of weekends: music, dancing, friends, and a night with no closing time.

A storyteller and liar all in one — someone who invents tales and stretches the truth so naturally that you almost believe them. In Colombia, a cuentero gets by on charm and fabrication, always with a perfectly calibrated story.

A small, simple pleasure that boosts your mood — used colloquially for anything that gives you a little hit of happiness, from a morning coffee in the sun to a meme that made you laugh out loud.

Someone from a small town or the countryside who acts naive or out of place in the city. In Colombia, tierrero describes the wide-eyed rural arrival who doesn't know urban codes — sometimes mocked, sometimes said with affectionate recognition.