Uncritical admiration of foreign things or famous people — the tendency to be dazzled by anything from abroad while ignoring quality at home. In Spain, papanatismo is the cultural habit of treating the foreign as automatically superior.

To be an incredibly tiresome, annoying person who won't stop pestering. In Spain, a pelmazo is the person who latches on, talks endlessly about nothing, and somehow never reads the signals that everyone wants them to stop.

Extremely clever and shrewd — someone who can't be fooled and knows how to survive any situation. Sharp as a tack and always one step ahead of everyone else.

To tinker with gadgets, appliances, or mechanical things — taking things apart and putting them back together out of curiosity or to fix them. In Spain, cacharrear is the hobby of the hands-on person who can't leave a broken device alone.