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/Sounds like "BEEL" (as in "bee")/

Meaning

Chicano Spanglish for a bill or invoice, from English "bill." The electric bil, the phone bil, the doctor bil: anything that arrives by mail and needs to be paid.

Examples

The electricity bil was super expensive this month.

I haven't paid the cable bil - they're going to cut it off.

Regional synonyms

When your mouth is burning from eating something way too spicy and you need water urgently. Also describes someone who's really angry and worked up, as if the chili went from their stomach straight to their temper.