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/Sounds like "seh" (as in "set") + "loo" (as in "loop") + "LAHR" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

A cell phone in all of Latin America, the device without which modern humanity can't survive five minutes. In Spain they say "móvil," but south of the border it's celular, end of discussion.

Examples

I dropped my celular and cracked the screen.

Lend me your celular to make a call.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Móvil

In Spain, to slyly dodge a responsibility or task and slip away so someone else deals with it. Common in work or school settings.