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/Sounds like "FYEH" + "rroh"/

Meaning

Street slang for a firearm, pistol, or revolver used in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. It is the indirect way to reference a gun without saying the word outright, very common in cumbia and urban rap lyrics across Latin America.

Examples

He was carrying and the police caught him.

In that neighborhood everyone is strapped, it's dangerous.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Uruguay
Chumbo

/Sounds like "FYEH" + "rroh"/

Meaning

An enthusiastic expression of approval meaning let's go, we're in, full send. Widely used in northern Mexico and Argentina to confirm something with a decisive, fired-up attitude.

Examples

Wanna go to the barbecue? Fierro!

Fierro, see you at eight.

You down? Fierro, hell yeah!

Regional synonyms

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To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.