Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "TOHN" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

In Colombia, a person who drinks alcohol too often or is known for always having a drink in hand. The copeton always has a reason to have one more and heads straight for the bar at any event.

Examples

That guy shows up to any event and the first thing he does is find the bar.

Don't be like that, you've already had four and it is only two in the afternoon.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Curdela

Embarrassment or paralyzing shyness that stops you from doing what you want to do. In Argentina, having 'batata' means your nerves took over, you wanted to speak, to act, to approach someone, but the embarrassment froze you solid right when you needed to move.