A no-frills bar where the drinks are cheap, the music is loud and nobody is pretending. In Venezuela a taguara is where you go when you just want to drink without ceremony.

A heavy blow with a stick or club, or any brutal hit. In Latin America a garrotazo is memorable — the kind of strike that echoes.

Serious trouble, a burning situation, or a person who brings chaos wherever they go. In Colombia candela can mean problems have ignited — or that someone is pure trouble.

To adapt to a place or situation until feeling comfortable and at ease, a smooth integration into a new environment.