Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
Create account
Fila
/Sounds like "FEE" (as in "feet") + "lah" (as in "lava")/
An orderly line of people waiting their turn with varying degrees of patience. Standing in fila is the most common patience exercise in urban life, where you learn to control your anger while inching forward.
“There's a huge fila at the bank.”
“I cut the fila and got scolded.”
Your word isn't here yet
Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.
Fila
/Sounds like "FEE" (as in "feet") + "lah" (as in "lava")/
An orderly line of people waiting their turn with varying degrees of patience. Standing in fila is the most common patience exercise in urban life, where you learn to control your anger while inching forward.
“There's a huge fila at the bank.”
“I cut the fila and got scolded.”
Chapiadora
A derogatory term in the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) for a woman who dates men primarily for money or gifts, exchanging company for financial benefit. Heavily present in dembow and reggaeton lyrics.