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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "kah" (as in "car") + "neh" (as in "net") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To show off, brag, or flaunt in Mexico, especially in the north. Chicanear is showing off your stuff with exaggerated pride, from your new truck to your designer clothes.
“He's been flaunting his new truck all over town.”
“Stop showing off and get to work.”
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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "kah" (as in "car") + "neh" (as in "net") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To show off, brag, or flaunt in Mexico, especially in the north. Chicanear is showing off your stuff with exaggerated pride, from your new truck to your designer clothes.
“He's been flaunting his new truck all over town.”
“Stop showing off and get to work.”
Pos chale
A Chicano negation with a filler, mixing northern "pos" (pues) with Pachuco "chale." You drop it when someone pitches you something that isn't going to happen and you want to make it clear without fighting about it. It carries a fake-regret tone: sounds like turning them down hurts you, but the no is firm underneath. Barrio phrase that only lands natural between Raza who share the code.