/KAH-ehr-leh ehl vah-EHN-tay/
To realize or understand something too late, to catch on to a situation when there's little that can be done. The metaphor is the coin that falls into the public phone slot. If you drop the twenty, you've finally understood.
"He realized too late that he'd been used."
"Did you finally understand that you were being taken advantage of?"
/KAH-ehr-leh ehl vah-EHN-tay/
To realize or understand something too late, to catch on to a situation when there's little that can be done. The metaphor is the coin that falls into the public phone slot. If you drop the twenty, you've finally understood.
"He realized too late that he'd been used."
"Did you finally understand that you were being taken advantage of?"
Chimbo
Falso, de mala calidad, pirata o que no es genuino. En Venezuela y Colombia se usa para describir productos, situaciones e incluso excusas que no convencen.