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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

Something nice, cool, awesome, or that you really like in Guatemala. It's the Chapín expression of maximum approval, the positive adjective that defines the best of Guatemalan life.

Examples

How chilero is your new car, it's really nice.

The trip was chilero, we gotta do it again.

Regional synonyms

To move on from something in the past and keep going without holding a grudge. The emotional equivalent of closing a chapter: you acknowledge what happened and then deliberately leave it behind. Common across Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.