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/Sounds like "choh" (as in "chose") + "REH" (as in "red") + "oh" (as in "oh")/
A theft or robbery. In Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, choreo is the everyday noun for a steal, anything from a pickpocket on the bus to a more organized heist. Comes from the verb chorear, and the person who does it is a choro.
“Le hicieron un choreo en el colectivo y ni cuenta se dio.”
“He got pickpocketed on the bus and did not even notice.”
“Con tanto choreo en el barrio, ya nadie deja el auto en la calle.”
“With so much theft in the neighborhood, nobody leaves their car on the street anymore.”
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/Sounds like "choh" (as in "chose") + "REH" (as in "red") + "oh" (as in "oh")/
A theft or robbery. In Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, choreo is the everyday noun for a steal, anything from a pickpocket on the bus to a more organized heist. Comes from the verb chorear, and the person who does it is a choro.
“Le hicieron un choreo en el colectivo y ni cuenta se dio.”
“He got pickpocketed on the bus and did not even notice.”
“Con tanto choreo en el barrio, ya nadie deja el auto en la calle.”
“With so much theft in the neighborhood, nobody leaves their car on the street anymore.”
Tomarse el palo
To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.