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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "ah" (as in "art")/

Meaning

In the Caribbean, a silly trifle: something unimportant, a pointless distraction, or a fight over nothing. Bobería is what you call anything too minor to bother with.

Examples

They fought over a bobería, they can't even remember what it was.

Cut the bobería and get to work.

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Regional synonyms

In Venezuela, to tease, bother, or mess with someone in a joking or friendly mocking way. "No me eches broma, chamo" means stop messing with me. Common among friends when one keeps dropping sharp comments and the other asks them to cut it out.