To play dead — pretending not to know anything, not be involved, or have no responsibility in something to avoid problems or work. The art of convenient invisibility.

A termite, an insect that destroys wood. In Mexico and Central America, also used to describe someone who consumes or takes everything without leaving anything for others.

By chance, by luck, without planning. Something that happens 'de chiripada' arrived without you looking for it or fully deserving it.

To earn very little money — a miserable salary that doesn't cover anything. A raw expression about the low wages that are all too common in the region.