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/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "yee" (as in "year") + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

A vulture or opportunistic person who takes advantage of others' misfortune to grab whatever they can. In Colombia and Venezuela the gallinazo always shows up when someone's in trouble to see what's there for the taking.

Examples

Don't let him in, that vulture is just here to see what he can take.

He acted like a scavenger the moment you left.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de El Salvador
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de Costa Rica
Zopilote

To chug an entire drink in one go, usually under group pressure at a party or gathering. In Mexico, yelling "¡fondo!" at someone is a collective command: drink the whole thing without stopping while everyone counts you down. The Mexican version of "chug, chug, chug."