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/Sounds like "ahl" (as in "art") + "TOH" (as in "toll") + "keh" (as in "kept")/
Right away, instantly, no waiting around. Used in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay, altoque is the most direct way to say something needs to happen now. It comes from "al toque" compressed into one word, and that compression says everything about the urgency.
“Get over here right now, I need you.”
“He took care of it instantly, did not even take two minutes.”
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/Sounds like "ahl" (as in "art") + "TOH" (as in "toll") + "keh" (as in "kept")/
Right away, instantly, no waiting around. Used in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay, altoque is the most direct way to say something needs to happen now. It comes from "al toque" compressed into one word, and that compression says everything about the urgency.
“Get over here right now, I need you.”
“He took care of it instantly, did not even take two minutes.”
Cagüín
Gossip, a rumor, or a scandalous situation in Chile. The 'cagüín' is the story everyone wants to hear even though nobody knows exactly how it started. If there's a cagüín, there's drama.