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/Sounds like "KLEH" (as in "clerk") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
In Chicano calo (the Mexican-American street dialect of the US-Mexico border), a "clecha" is a lecture, scolding, or dressing-down someone gives you to correct your behavior or teach you a lesson. Think of it as getting an earful from someone older or in charge.
“He gave the kid a real talking-to for acting out.”
“My boss gave me a lecture for showing up late.”
/Sounds like "KLEH" (as in "clerk") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
Chicano and Pachuco caló for school or class. "Llegar tarde a la clecha" means showing up late to school, and "echarle clecha" to someone means lecturing them. Vocabulary that survived from 1940s Pachuquismo and is still heard in Chicano neighborhoods across the US Southwest.
“I have school at seven, already dragging.”
“He did not go to school today, stayed home.”
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/Sounds like "KLEH" (as in "clerk") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
In Chicano calo (the Mexican-American street dialect of the US-Mexico border), a "clecha" is a lecture, scolding, or dressing-down someone gives you to correct your behavior or teach you a lesson. Think of it as getting an earful from someone older or in charge.
“He gave the kid a real talking-to for acting out.”
“My boss gave me a lecture for showing up late.”
/Sounds like "KLEH" (as in "clerk") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
Chicano and Pachuco caló for school or class. "Llegar tarde a la clecha" means showing up late to school, and "echarle clecha" to someone means lecturing them. Vocabulary that survived from 1940s Pachuquismo and is still heard in Chicano neighborhoods across the US Southwest.
“I have school at seven, already dragging.”
“He did not go to school today, stayed home.”
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Finger-licking good, so delicious you keep licking your fingers after eating. The highest possible compliment you can give food in Mexico and Central America.