Across Latin America, to accelerate, increase effort, or push harder. Whether it's a car, a project, or a relationship — meterle gas means you stop coasting and start pushing.

In Antioquia and central Colombia, something very good, excellent, top quality. The local Antioquian synonym for bacano — a word of pure approval and admiration.

Across Latin America, a marginal urban area or low-income neighborhood associated with poverty and hardship. Also used as an adjective for something rough, raw, or culturally street-level.

Across Latin America, to go at something with maximum energy and total commitment — no half-measures, no reservations. When you le das con todo, you hold absolutely nothing back.