In Colombia and Venezuela, a major piece of gossip, important information that arrives unexpectedly and changes the whole scenario. The tubazo is not kept secret, it's spread.

In all of Latin America, a child or person who goes to tattle to the authorities at the slightest problem. The acusetas always knows more than they should and never keeps a secret.

To make a fool of oneself in public by saying or doing something inappropriate, wrong, or clumsy, resulting in visible embarrassment. It is one of the most universal and unavoidable experiences of human social life.

Someone with government connections or political pull who gets favors, jobs, or privileges through those ties in Venezuela. The enchufado system is so embedded in Venezuelan culture that the term became globally recognized — it's not just nepotism, it's a whole economic way of life.