A beloved Mexican dish made with fried tortilla chips soaked in green or red salsa, topped with cream, cheese, and onion. Chilaquiles are the official hangover cure in Mexico and the perfect breakfast after a night of partying. The eternal debate is whether green salsa or red salsa makes better chilaquiles, and every Mexican has a strong opinion about it.

To skip class without permission to go do something more fun, used in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. It's the teenage art of making up excuses or simply not showing up to school when there's something better to do outside, the Latin American equivalent of playing hooky or ditching class.

A public minibus in Mexico City, named "pesero" because the fare used to cost just one peso. These small, colorful buses are an extreme urban mobility experience, notorious for their reckless driving, packed conditions, and blasting music. They are a staple of daily commuting for millions of people in the capital.

Exactly, that's right, correct. In Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras it's the most direct way to confirm something — like saying 'exactly' but with Central American flavor.