In Spain, to treat yourself to something you normally wouldn't allow — giving yourself a little guilty pleasure or a well-deserved splurge. The calculated indulgence.

Across Latin America, to accelerate, increase effort, or push harder. Whether it's a car, a project, or a relationship — meterle gas means you stop coasting and start pushing.

In Mexico, to play dead — to pretend you didn't hear, see, or know anything about something. The strategic deployment of total ignorance when accountability comes knocking.

To have basic common sense — the minimum intelligence required not to make obviously bad decisions. When someone lacks dos dedos de frente, they consistently do everything wrong.