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/Sounds like "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

An easy, lenient teacher who never fails anyone in Mexico. The barco is every student's dream professor: no hard exams, extra credit for everything, and passing their class is basically automatic.

Examples

The history teacher is such a barco, everyone passes.

Sign up for that class, the teacher is a barco.

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Regional synonyms

Tough luck, you're done for, or a situation that has gone irreparably wrong. In Colombia and Venezuela, "pailas" is the resigned declaration that something failed, you are out of options, or the universe is simply not on your side today. It can be said about yourself or about a situation.