Spain
All expressions
Spain
All expressions
Being absolutely furious in Argentina — at the level of wanting to break everything in sight. Furia is maximum rage, when anger goes past the redline and you lose all rational control.
A laptop or portable computer in Spain and Colombia, the computer you take everywhere with you. Working from any café with your portátil is the modern lifestyle everyone has adopted.
To be hooked on someone romantically or addicted to something you can't let go of. When that person or thing has you trapped and you can't stop thinking about them even if you want to move on.
To be on your last legs — about to run out of money, energy, patience, or life itself at its most dramatic. The final limit where there's nothing left to give or try, rock bottom.
An eraser for removing pencil marks in Argentina, Chile, and Spain. Careful: in Costa Rica 'goma' means a hangover, and in other contexts it can mean something completely different.