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Mexico
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Secretly, on the down low, or with low intensity, when you want to admit something without making it public. It's the same English word "lowkey" adopted into Spanish slang by Gen Z across Latin America and Spain, used exactly the same way as in English internet culture.
To post something on Twitter/X, to share a thought or opinion on the social network. It's the verb describing the activity of millions of daily users.
To work really hard, as if you're hacking away with a machete in the field under the blazing sun. In school context, it also means to study intensely before an exam with everything you've got.
When a program or system unexpectedly closes and stops working without warning. It's the Spanish verb form of the English word "crash," adapted with the "-ear" ending that Spanish speakers love to use when adopting tech terms. The digital nightmare that erases your unsaved work without mercy.
To work hard, to go to the job, to earn your living with effort in Mexico. It's the quintessential Mexican informal verb for those eight daily hours that pay the rent and the tacos.