An expression meaning stay alert, pay attention, wake up and stop being distracted. In Colombia and Ecuador it's the standard way to tell someone to get sharp before something happens.

Homework assigned to do at home — the universal nightmare of every Latin American student since elementary school. It's that obligation you procrastinate until the absolute last minute without exception.

Intense rage and uncontrollable fury that hits you when something deeply pisses you off and you just can't hold back. In Venezuela, arrechera raises your blood pressure, makes you see red, and can make you say things you shouldn't.

A gossipy snitch who rats people out to authority without anyone asking them to. The sapo is the one who always runs to tell the boss what you did, earning everyone's contempt.