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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 hint at something without saying it directly, leaving a message between the lines. It depends on the other person being perceptive enough to catch what was never actually said out loud.