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/Sounds like "KREHS" (as in "crest") + "poh" (as in "port")/
A tangled, complicated, or hard-to-solve situation. The metaphor comes from "crespo" meaning curly hair: something that doesn't straighten out easily. Used in Colombia and Venezuela when a matter is messy and there's no quick fix in sight.
“The whole thing got pretty crespo, there's no easy way to fix it.”
“The negotiation has been a mess ever since the board members walked out.”
/Sounds like "KREHS" (as in "crest") + "poh" (as in "port")/
Tight, voluminous curly hair. Used in Colombia and Venezuela with no negative connotation at all; it is simply a neutral, everyday description of a natural and very common hair type. Crespo hair is celebrated, not stigmatized, in the places this word comes from.
“She has crespo hair and has never straightened it, not even once.”
“Their daughter came out with the same tight curls as her grandmother.”
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/Sounds like "KREHS" (as in "crest") + "poh" (as in "port")/
A tangled, complicated, or hard-to-solve situation. The metaphor comes from "crespo" meaning curly hair: something that doesn't straighten out easily. Used in Colombia and Venezuela when a matter is messy and there's no quick fix in sight.
“The whole thing got pretty crespo, there's no easy way to fix it.”
“The negotiation has been a mess ever since the board members walked out.”
/Sounds like "KREHS" (as in "crest") + "poh" (as in "port")/
Tight, voluminous curly hair. Used in Colombia and Venezuela with no negative connotation at all; it is simply a neutral, everyday description of a natural and very common hair type. Crespo hair is celebrated, not stigmatized, in the places this word comes from.
“She has crespo hair and has never straightened it, not even once.”
“Their daughter came out with the same tight curls as her grandmother.”
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Causa
A classic cold Peruvian dish made from yellow potato mashed with chili and lime, filled with chicken, tuna, or avocado. A staple of Peruvian home cooking and birthday gatherings.