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/Sounds like "fah" (as in "far") + "rah" (as in "rapper") + "BOO" (as in "boot") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

An unreliable person of low moral character, a fraud, a swindler, someone you can't trust with anything. In Buenos Aires, farabute arrived with Italian immigration and stuck as the label for anyone who's fundamentally shady.

Examples

No confíes en ese farabute, te va a clavar.

Don't trust that fraud, he'll rip you off.

He turned out to be a complete lowlife after everything we gave him.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela
Culebra

To fall completely, helplessly infatuated with someone, losing all objectivity in the process. In Colombia, enchochar describes that all-consuming state where one person has all your attention and energy, sometimes to a disproportionate degree. Can also apply to a song or show you cannot stop thinking about.