A slap across the face with an open hand. A cachetada hurts less than a closed fist but carries more humiliation — it's theatrical, personal, and impossible to forget regardless of which side of it you're on.

To set someone up for a problem or trap without them seeing it coming, often by deceiving or misleading them.

A pimp or a man who exploits women under his control, often with manipulation and coercion. In Mexico, padrote has a strong criminal connotation — a man who profits from others' bodies while doing nothing productive himself.

To die, to kick the bucket. In Mexico, petatear comes from petate — the woven mat on which the poor were laid to die or were buried on. It's darkly poetic slang, blunt and black-humored about death.