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/Sounds like "kahn" (as in "car") + "DEEL" (as in "deep")/
Someone who is generous and helpful to everyone outside but neglects the people closest to them. Short for the proverb "candil de la calle, oscuridad de su casa" (lamp of the street, darkness at home). Used in Mexico and Guatemala to call out people who perform kindness for strangers while ignoring family.
“He is always available for everyone else but never for his own family, a real candil de la calle.”
“Do not be a candil and help your own people first.”
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/Sounds like "kahn" (as in "car") + "DEEL" (as in "deep")/
Someone who is generous and helpful to everyone outside but neglects the people closest to them. Short for the proverb "candil de la calle, oscuridad de su casa" (lamp of the street, darkness at home). Used in Mexico and Guatemala to call out people who perform kindness for strangers while ignoring family.
“He is always available for everyone else but never for his own family, a real candil de la calle.”
“Do not be a candil and help your own people first.”
Rajar
To talk trash about someone behind their back, the Argentine art of criticizing people when they're not around to defend themselves. Everyone does it but nobody admits to it.