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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "POO" (as in "pool") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

A jerk, an idiot, or an insufferable person. It's a Spanish insult of moderate intensity used when someone acts stupid or selfish on purpose.

Examples

That guy is a capullo, he left me waiting for two hours.

Don't be a capullo and apologize, you screwed up.

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Anonymous

A woman of Mexican origin raised in the United States who speaks little Spanish or mixes it with English. Can be a proud self-identifier or a label used by Mexicans in Mexico to judge those who grew up abroad. Identity lives in the space between two cultures.