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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "GWAH" (as in "Guam") + "heh" (as in "help")/
Showing off, bragging, acting like you have more than you actually do. In Venezuela and Colombia, making aguaje is all show with no substance, faking wealth, power, or importance you don't have.
“Cut the aguaje, everyone knows that car is borrowed.”
“It's all aguaje, he doesn't even have bus fare.”
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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "GWAH" (as in "Guam") + "heh" (as in "help")/
Showing off, bragging, acting like you have more than you actually do. In Venezuela and Colombia, making aguaje is all show with no substance, faking wealth, power, or importance you don't have.
“Cut the aguaje, everyone knows that car is borrowed.”
“It's all aguaje, he doesn't even have bus fare.”
Estar hasta el cuello
To be neck-deep in a problem, debt, or overwhelming situation with no easy way out. The more you try to get free, the more it pulls you under. Used widely across Spain and Latin America for work overload, debt, or any situation that has fully taken over your life.