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Create account/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "LOH" (as in "loan") + "nyah"/
A neighborhood or residential area in Mexico, the urban division that identifies where you live. Every colonia has its own vibe, from fancy to working-class to 'don't go there at night.'
“I live in a quiet colonia near downtown.”
“What colonia are you from?”
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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "LOH" (as in "loan") + "nyah"/
A neighborhood or residential area in Mexico, the urban division that identifies where you live. Every colonia has its own vibe, from fancy to working-class to 'don't go there at night.'
“I live in a quiet colonia near downtown.”
“What colonia are you from?”
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.