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Bote
/Sounds like "BOH" (as in "boat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Slang for jail or prison in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. "Caer al bote" means ending up behind bars.
“They threw him in the bote for acting tough.”
“Keep it up and you'll end up in the bote.”
Bote
/Sounds like "BOH" (as in "boat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Jail or prison in Mexican street slang. "Caer al bote" (to fall into the can) or "estar en el bote" means being locked up behind bars.
“For being crooked he ended up in the can for three years.”
“When he got out of jail nobody from the neighborhood recognized him anymore.”
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Bote
/Sounds like "BOH" (as in "boat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Slang for jail or prison in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. "Caer al bote" means ending up behind bars.
“They threw him in the bote for acting tough.”
“Keep it up and you'll end up in the bote.”
Bote
/Sounds like "BOH" (as in "boat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Jail or prison in Mexican street slang. "Caer al bote" (to fall into the can) or "estar en el bote" means being locked up behind bars.
“For being crooked he ended up in the can for three years.”
“When he got out of jail nobody from the neighborhood recognized him anymore.”
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Carcacha
A beat-up old car that is falling apart but somehow still running. In Mexico and Guatemala, carcacha is said with a mix of affection and mild embarrassment: it is held together by hope and prayer, gets you where you need to go, but barely.