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Mexico
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To feel overwhelmed, stressed, and buried under the weight of responsibilities or problems. When you're agobiado, everything piles up at once and you feel like you can't handle any of it even though you're trying to breathe.
An unfriendly, stuck up person who rubs everyone the wrong way with their arrogant, condescending, or cold attitude in Mexico. A sangrón is someone who looks down on you for no reason, does not even bother to say hello, and has a special talent for making everyone around them feel uncomfortable.
To finally understand something you had not grasped before, that lightbulb moment when the pieces finally click in your head. The phrase comes from old vending machines in Mexico where you had to drop a 20 centavo coin and wait for it to fall and register. So when "el veinte cae," it means the realization has finally landed.
A cicada — the insect that sings deafeningly during summer without stopping for a single second. Also used to describe something very loud or someone who talks too much and never shuts up.
Pareja romántica masculina con quien se tiene una relación formal y oficial, no solo un rollete pasajero. Tener novio implica un compromiso social reconocido en casi todo el mundo hispanohablante.