Ecuador
Most popular words
All expressions
Ecuador
All expressions
Corn dough stuffed with fillings and wrapped in banana or corn leaves, found all across Latin America with a thousand variations. Every country swears theirs are the best.
A transportation ticket in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and other South American countries. It's what you buy to get on the bus, and whose price always goes up right when you need to travel the most.
At maximum level, with all possible power or energy, holding nothing back. The anglicism all of Latin America adopted without a second thought to describe when something or someone is giving a hundred percent.
A childish phrase used ironically when someone complains about something minor or exaggerates an insignificant pain. It's every Latin grandma's magic remedy that cures any wound with words, love, and a kiss.
An expression meaning stay alert, pay attention, wake up and stop being distracted. In Colombia and Ecuador it's the standard way to tell someone to get sharp before something happens.