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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "pahn" (as in "park") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Scared off, spooked, or deeply unsettled by something. In Mexico and Central America, an espantado is someone who got frightened away by a price, a person, or a situation and bolted at the worst possible moment.
“He took one look at the price and ran.”
“I was shaken up by the news. I really did not see it coming.”
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Scared off, spooked, or deeply unsettled by something. In Mexico and Central America, an espantado is someone who got frightened away by a price, a person, or a situation and bolted at the worst possible moment.
“He took one look at the price and ran.”
“I was shaken up by the news. I really did not see it coming.”
Pisto loco
Easy money that came in without much effort in Guatemala. Young people use it to talk about cash that showed up out of nowhere, no hard work required.