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/Sounds like "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "PEH" (as in "pet") + "nah" (as in "nacho") + "ah" (as in "art") + "HEH" (as in "help") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/
Feeling intense secondhand embarrassment from someone else's ridiculous or inappropriate actions. It's that discomfort you feel when someone does something so cringy you're embarrassed for them.
“His dancing at the party gave everyone pena ajena.”
“It gives me pena ajena watching how he flirts, it's so obvious it's cringe.”
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Feeling intense secondhand embarrassment from someone else's ridiculous or inappropriate actions. It's that discomfort you feel when someone does something so cringy you're embarrassed for them.
“His dancing at the party gave everyone pena ajena.”
“It gives me pena ajena watching how he flirts, it's so obvious it's cringe.”
Pelota
A sycophant who flatters those in power to get ahead, the classic yes-man who celebrates even his boss's mistakes. In Colombia and Venezuela, pelota is synonymous with "lambón" or "lame botas": someone who never has their own opinion, only whatever the boss thinks.