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/Sounds like "deh" (as in "debt") + "NAHN" (as in "nacho") + "tehs" (as in "ten")/
A moment ago, just a little while back, it just happened, used in Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. Denantes is the colloquial Andean way of saying 'a while ago' that sounds old-fashioned but is still used every day.
“The bus just passed denantes, you missed it by a hair.”
“I called you denantes but you didn't answer.”
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/Sounds like "deh" (as in "debt") + "NAHN" (as in "nacho") + "tehs" (as in "ten")/
A moment ago, just a little while back, it just happened, used in Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. Denantes is the colloquial Andean way of saying 'a while ago' that sounds old-fashioned but is still used every day.
“The bus just passed denantes, you missed it by a hair.”
“I called you denantes but you didn't answer.”
Darle atole con el dedo
To string someone along with empty promises, half-truths, or vague reassurances that keep them pacified without ever resolving the actual problem. A classic Mexican bureaucratic tactic: you leave every conversation feeling like something was said, but nothing was actually done.