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/Sounds like "deh" (as in "debt") + "pahr" (as in "park") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "MEHN" (as in "met") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

An apartment or flat inside a building in Mexico and Argentina. It's what Spain calls a 'piso', a living space stacked above or below other people's living spaces.

Examples

I'm looking for a two-bedroom apartment downtown.

My apartment is small but it's in a great location.

Regional synonyms

To suddenly leave a place without warning, bail out of a situation, or abandon someone with no explanation. In Chile, patearte los tarros means to ghost someone or leave them completely stranded without a word.