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/Sounds like "chah" (as in "chat") + "poh" (as in "port") + "POH" (as in "port") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Asphalt or tar: the black, viscous material used to pave roads. In Mexico "chapopote" is everyday vocabulary for pavement, and by extension any dark, sticky substance that clings and does not let go. The word itself comes from Nahuatl, a reminder that Mexico was paving roads long before the Spanish arrived.
“With the summer heat the asphalt on the street softens and sticks to your shoes.”
“They spilled tar at the construction site and blocked half the block.”
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Asphalt or tar: the black, viscous material used to pave roads. In Mexico "chapopote" is everyday vocabulary for pavement, and by extension any dark, sticky substance that clings and does not let go. The word itself comes from Nahuatl, a reminder that Mexico was paving roads long before the Spanish arrived.
“With the summer heat the asphalt on the street softens and sticks to your shoes.”
“They spilled tar at the construction site and blocked half the block.”
Pelado
Flat broke, completely tapped out, without a single peso in your pocket. In Colombia and Ecuador, it's the most direct way to say you're at financial zero.