Venezuela
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Venezuela
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To have real-life experience, street smarts, and practical knowledge you can't learn in any school — only by living. Someone with calle knows how to move, how to talk, and how to get out of any situation.
A spectacular, jaw dropping goal in soccer that makes the commentators scream for thirty seconds straight. The kind that goes viral instantly and gets replayed in slow motion all week long. Adding the suffix 'azo' to 'gol' turns it into something epic and unforgettable.
To annoy, bother, or irritate someone persistently until they lose their patience. In Venezuela, 'ladillar' is being that mosquito that just won't leave someone alone, buzzing in their ear nonstop until they snap.
Lugar designado donde el transporte público detiene para subir y bajar pasajeros. En la Ciudad de México, preguntar por la parada correcta es arte mayor: a veces son postes con señal, a veces solo un punto en la banqueta que la gente conoce.
To eat a lot and with serious appetite, when hunger completely takes over and you eat nonstop until your stomach begs for mercy. While 'tragar' literally means 'to swallow,' in slang across Latin America and Spain it means to stuff your face with food like there's no tomorrow.