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/Sounds like "KOH" (as in "coat") + "meh" (as in "met") + "MYEHR" + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

A pretentious, arrogant snob who acts superior to everyone around them. In Central America a come mierda is someone full of themselves with no reason to be.

Examples

That snob won't even greet his own neighbors because he thinks he's above everyone.

Don't be so stuck-up, treat people decently.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de El Salvador
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de Costa Rica
Fufurufo

A vague promise of time that has no actual hour or minute attached to it. Used in Mexico. "Al rato" sounds like it means "in a little while" but the clock is entirely open-ended: it could be fifteen minutes or three hours. Anyone who has waited for a Mexican friend to show up "al rato" has learned this lesson the hard way.