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/Sounds like "kohm" (as in "coat") + "pah" (as in "park") + "NYEH" + "roh" (as in "row") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

A flatmate or housemate you share a living space with in Spain. They can become your best friend or your worst enemy, depending entirely on whose turn it is to clean the bathroom.

Examples

My flatmate is really cool, we get along great.

I need a new flatmate, the last one was unbearable.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de México
Roomie

To completely upend the rules or the established order, usually abruptly. In Argentina and Uruguay, patear el tablero means blowing up what was agreed in order to start fresh, flipping the whole board over when a process has stalled or when someone decides the current setup simply is not working.