To fail or not pass an exam or course in Peru. When you get jalado, it means you didn't reach the minimum grade and have to retake it or get another chance.

An exclamation of pain when you touch something really hot or burn yourself in Ecuador and Peru. It comes from Quechua and is the instinctive reaction that escapes you when coffee, soup, or an iron catches you off guard.

The shortened way of saying supermarket across all of Latin America. It's where you buy your weekly groceries, spend double what you planned, and always forget the one thing you actually went to buy.

A public transit bus that runs fixed routes through the city. In Argentina and Peru it's the standard way to refer to public transportation — an essential part of daily life.