Peru
All expressions
Peru
All expressions
To find creative ways to get money or solve a difficult situation with what you have. This is a hallmark of Latin American resourcefulness.
A pig, dirty person, or glutton. Can also describe work done sloppily and carelessly, without any attention to quality or neatness.
An exclamation for intense cold — the Quechua equivalent of 'brr!' or 'it's freezing!' Used across Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia when the Andean cold hits hard. It's one of those indigenous words so perfectly onomatopoeic that even non-Quechua speakers adopt it naturally.
In football, a player who consistently scores goals, always being in the right place at the right time. A team without a goal-scorer is unlikely to win a title.
A long, tedious speech or lecture full of empty words. Someone who echa choro talks endlessly without saying anything of real substance — politicians and principals are notorious offenders.