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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "lehn" (as in "let") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "ah" (as in "art") + "SYEHN" + "toh" (as in "toll")/
To keep a seat warm, meaning you're just sitting there doing nothing productive. In Mexico calentar el asiento is what office workers do when they show up but contribute zero.
“That employee has been just warming his seat for five years without doing anything useful.”
“I didn't come here to just sit around, I came to actually work.”
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To keep a seat warm, meaning you're just sitting there doing nothing productive. In Mexico calentar el asiento is what office workers do when they show up but contribute zero.
“That employee has been just warming his seat for five years without doing anything useful.”
“I didn't come here to just sit around, I came to actually work.”
Chotear
To snitch, rat someone out, or spill a secret you were supposed to keep. Used in Argentina and Uruguay, often ironically: the person who talks the most about staying quiet is usually the first to chotear.