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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "foo" (as in "food") + "see" (as in "see") + "LAHR" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To copy shamelessly, plagiarize outright or steal someone's work without credit. In Mexico and Central America when you afusilas something you ripped it off wholesale.

Examples

Me afusiló toda la presentación y la entregó como suya.

He copied my entire presentation and turned it in as his own.

Te van a afusilar el diseño si no lo registras antes.

They will rip off your design if you do not register it first.

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Regional synonyms

A young guy, a kid, or a teenager in Colombia, the casual word for youth in a country where youth is everywhere. Pelado is descriptive and neutral: the pelado at the corner store, your younger brother, the kid who just started at work. Not disrespectful, just young.