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/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "brah" (as in "bra")/
A backstabbing traitor who acts friendly to your face while working against you behind your back. In Colombia and Venezuela, a "culebra" is the false friend who smiles at you while holding the knife, someone who benefits from your trust and then uses it against you.
“No le cuentes nada, ese es una culebra de primera.”
“Don't tell him anything, that guy is a total snake.”
“Se portó de culebra después de todo lo que se hizo por él.”
“He acted like a backstabber after everything that was done for him.”
/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "brah" (as in "bra")/
A debt, lingering problem, or pending obligation that's hard to resolve. In Colombia, culebras are those tangled commitments that wrap around you, they can be financial, personal, or social, but they always hang over you.
“I have several debts I don't know how to pay.”
“He put me in a bind I didn't ask for.”
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/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "brah" (as in "bra")/
A backstabbing traitor who acts friendly to your face while working against you behind your back. In Colombia and Venezuela, a "culebra" is the false friend who smiles at you while holding the knife, someone who benefits from your trust and then uses it against you.
“No le cuentes nada, ese es una culebra de primera.”
“Don't tell him anything, that guy is a total snake.”
“Se portó de culebra después de todo lo que se hizo por él.”
“He acted like a backstabber after everything that was done for him.”
/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "brah" (as in "bra")/
A debt, lingering problem, or pending obligation that's hard to resolve. In Colombia, culebras are those tangled commitments that wrap around you, they can be financial, personal, or social, but they always hang over you.
“I have several debts I don't know how to pay.”
“He put me in a bind I didn't ask for.”
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Frutilla
Strawberry in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and other Southern Cone countries. It's the exact same delicious red fruit that Mexico and Spain call fresa, but down there it's frutilla and there's no debate.