Used to describe someone who was left stunned, embarrassed, or completely speechless by a situation. When you say "quedó" about someone, you're saying life emotionally slapped them and they had no idea how to react. Third-person version of the quedé/quedaste family in Mexican slang.

Political scheming, backroom dealing, dirty maneuvering to grab power or positions. In Mexico, "grilla" describes the shady side of politics, from office drama to government corruption. If your workplace is full of grilla, people get promoted through connections and backstabbing rather than talent. It is one of those words Mexicans use daily because, well, there is always grilla somewhere.

To be in a terrible situation or feeling absolutely awful in Mexico. It's used for physical misery, emotional rock-bottom, or just having the worst day imaginable.

A violent, destructive shaking of the earth that topples buildings and changes lives. In Chile, which has the strongest earthquakes in history, they're a fact of life everyone prepares for.