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/Sounds like "frah" (as in "fracture") + "NEH" (as in "net") + "lah" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

A t-shirt or tee in Venezuela, the basic top that everyone wears for everything. From the one you sleep in to the one you throw on to run errands, "franela" is the go-to word for any casual shirt without a collar.

Examples

Put on a clean t-shirt before you go out, that one smells.

That shirt is way too big on you, get one in your size.

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Regional synonyms

Going around gossiping, talking about other people's business, or sticking your nose where it does not belong. From "chambre" (gossip), turned into a verb. Very Mexican: the person chambreando is always the first to know everyone's business and the last to keep quiet about it.