A person who excessively flatters others to gain favor and get ahead — a brown-noser or suck-up. In Argentina, the pelota agrees with everything the boss says and never has their own opinion.

The brutal physical misery after a night of overdoing it with alcohol: headache, nausea, and regret. It's universal across the Spanish-speaking world and always comes with the promise to never drink again.

Obsessively overthinking something unnecessarily, overanalyzing until you're stressed for no reason without reaching any conclusion. It's the Latin overthinking that keeps you awake at 3 AM thinking about what you said five years ago.

Someone passionate about video games who dedicates serious time to playing, whether casually or competitively. An English loanword fully integrated into young Spanish speakers' vocabulary.