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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/
Marbles or small glass spheres that kids play with on the ground. In Argentina and Uruguay, bolitas is the go-to word for the same game called canicas in Mexico.
“The kids are playing marbles in the yard.”
“I had a bag full of marbles when I was little.”
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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/
Marbles or small glass spheres that kids play with on the ground. In Argentina and Uruguay, bolitas is the go-to word for the same game called canicas in Mexico.
“The kids are playing marbles in the yard.”
“I had a bag full of marbles when I was little.”
Ponchar
To get a flat tire, or more broadly, for something to fail or break down suddenly. In Mexico and the Caribbean, "ponchar" covers both the literal tire blowout on a highway and figurative situations where something goes wrong without warning.