An upper-class snob who looks down on anyone they consider socially inferior. In Chile and Peru, the pituco lives in a different world and wouldn't lower themselves to mix with ordinary people under any circumstance.

In Spanish-speaking cultures, to unnecessarily complicate things or play hard to get — putting up obstacles that don't need to exist and making everyone else work harder for a simple yes.

A stupid, cowardly, or naive person who acts without thinking. In Mexico, it's a serious insult; in Argentina it's used so casually between friends it barely registers as offensive — context is everything.

Tacky, in bad taste, or exaggeratedly showy without any real elegance. In Peru, huachafo describes anything that tries too hard to look refined but ends up looking ridiculous — flashy without substance.