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/Sounds like the English word "coim" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To bribe someone, or to grease a palm so that a process moves forward or a penalty disappears. In Argentina and Paraguay, the coima (bribe) is so embedded in certain bureaucratic cultures that people factor it in as a regular cost. Coimear is the verb for making it happen.
“They had to bribe the inspector so he would not shut them down.”
“Around here everything gets done through bribes, it is embarrassing.”
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/Sounds like the English word "coim" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To bribe someone, or to grease a palm so that a process moves forward or a penalty disappears. In Argentina and Paraguay, the coima (bribe) is so embedded in certain bureaucratic cultures that people factor it in as a regular cost. Coimear is the verb for making it happen.
“They had to bribe the inspector so he would not shut them down.”
“Around here everything gets done through bribes, it is embarrassing.”
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.