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/Sounds like "ahr" (as in "art") + "KEH" (as in "kept") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A goalkeeper, the player who stands between the posts and defends the net. In Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay "arquero" is the standard word for what Spain and most of the world calls a "portero." Cat-like reflexes, lion-sized courage.

Examples

The goalkeeper dove to the other side and still didn't get it.

He's considered the best goalkeeper on the continent this season.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de España
Bandera de México
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Venezuela
Portero

To have persistent, chronic bad luck, as if the universe has something personal against you. The person with mala pata always shows up at the wrong place at the worst possible moment.