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/Sounds like the English word "front" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
In Puerto Rico, to front: showing off things you don't actually have to impress people. Someone who frontea lives for the image and the pose, with nothing real behind it.
“Stop fronteando with that rental car.”
“He fronts on social media but real life is a different story.”
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/Sounds like the English word "front" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
In Puerto Rico, to front: showing off things you don't actually have to impress people. Someone who frontea lives for the image and the pose, with nothing real behind it.
“Stop fronteando with that rental car.”
“He fronts on social media but real life is a different story.”
Estar en la lona
To be broke or in a really bad financial spot, flat on the canvas like a knocked-out boxer. The image comes from boxing: the person on the canvas has gone down and is not sure they can get back up. Used across Latin America for hitting economic rock bottom.