To sell something on informal credit without immediate payment, trusting someone's word that they'll pay later. It's the trust-based economy that keeps neighborhood shops alive, where the owner jots it down in their little notebook.

Totally wasted, completely hammered in Peru. The blunt way to describe a no-holds-barred kind of drunk that leaves a mark the next day.

To deceive someone into giving up money or goods through elaborate, convincing lies. It's theft disguised as legitimate business that leaves you broke and with a painful life lesson.

The standard word for someone who's had too much alcohol and it shows. Although every country has their own slang, borracho is the one every Spanish speaker understands no matter where they're from.