Peru
All expressions
Peru
All expressions
Deep heartbreak, sadness over a love that left and isn't coming back. It went worldwide with Karol G's song and now everyone knows what it means.
When two people mutually like each other on a dating app like Tinder and can start chatting. The match is the first step of modern digital romance — that virtual spark that can lead to a date or ghosting.
To cheat on your partner behind their back, especially in Peru and Ecuador. Sacar la vuelta is the romantic betrayal nobody wants to discover but that always comes to light sooner or later.
An indigenous woman who wears the traditional pollera skirt and keeps ancestral customs alive. Can be a respectful term celebrating cultural identity, or derogatory depending on the tone and intent of who says it.
To spy or secretly watch what someone's doing, or to snitch on someone to an authority in Chile and Peru. The sapo is the nosy busybody who sticks their nose where it doesn't belong and then runs off to tell what they saw.