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Capó
/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "POH" (as in "port")/
The hood of a car, the front cover that protects the engine. Used in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Peru, and Uruguay. You pop it open when something is wrong and smoke is coming out, hoping the repair bill will not be catastrophic.
“Pop the hood, the engine is overheating.”
“The hood got dented in the hailstorm, what a scare.”
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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "POH" (as in "port")/
The hood of a car, the front cover that protects the engine. Used in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Peru, and Uruguay. You pop it open when something is wrong and smoke is coming out, hoping the repair bill will not be catastrophic.
“Pop the hood, the engine is overheating.”
“The hood got dented in the hailstorm, what a scare.”
Pelota
A sycophant who flatters those in power to get ahead, the classic yes-man who celebrates even his boss's mistakes. In Colombia and Venezuela, pelota is synonymous with "lambón" or "lame botas": someone who never has their own opinion, only whatever the boss thinks.