A collective voluntary work tradition where an entire community gathers to help one of its members with a large task. Deep-rooted in Andean culture, the minga represents solidarity and reciprocity as social values.

To snoop, spy, or poke your nose into things that aren't your business. In Colombia, chivear means being the nosy person who always wants to know what others are doing or looking at.

A complicated, difficult, or messy situation. Also used to describe a stubborn person who is exhausting to deal with. When something's fregado in Mexico, there's no easy way out.

A naive, foolish, or thoughtless person who acts without thinking and ends up looking ridiculous. The mamerto is the classic guy who believes everything he's told and can't see the obvious.