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Bandera de Colombia

/Sounds like 'kwen-TEH-roh'/

A storyteller and liar all in one — someone who invents tales and stretches the truth so naturally that you almost believe them. In Colombia, a cuentero gets by on charm and fabrication, always with a perfectly calibrated story.

Example

"No le creas nada a ese cuentero, todo lo exagera."

"Es un cuentero de primera, siempre tiene una historia para justificarse. → Don't believe anything that storyteller says, he exaggerates everything."

"He's a first-class bullshitter, he always has a story to justify himself."

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Regional synonyms:

Estado de confusión mental, despiste o ausencia. Cuando alguien tiene un cuelgue, no está en esta realidad.