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/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "rroh" + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
A heavy figurative blow: a measure, piece of news, or situation that hits you hard and causes real economic or emotional damage. In Colombia and Venezuela, a garrotazo is the kind of gut-punch you did not see coming, like a sudden tax hike or a currency crash.
“That new tax was a garrotazo for every small business.”
“The devaluation was a garrotazo nobody saw coming.”
/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "rroh" + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
A heavy blow with a stick, club, or any blunt object. In Colombia and Venezuela, a garrotazo is the kind of hit that echoes: hard, unambiguous, and it leaves a mark. Can also refer to a brutal blow in a figurative sense, like a harsh policy or a painful piece of news.
“He hit him in the leg and left him limping for a week.”
“He fell and slammed into the corner of the table.”
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/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "rroh" + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
A heavy figurative blow: a measure, piece of news, or situation that hits you hard and causes real economic or emotional damage. In Colombia and Venezuela, a garrotazo is the kind of gut-punch you did not see coming, like a sudden tax hike or a currency crash.
“That new tax was a garrotazo for every small business.”
“The devaluation was a garrotazo nobody saw coming.”
/Sounds like "gah" (as in "garden") + "rroh" + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
A heavy blow with a stick, club, or any blunt object. In Colombia and Venezuela, a garrotazo is the kind of hit that echoes: hard, unambiguous, and it leaves a mark. Can also refer to a brutal blow in a figurative sense, like a harsh policy or a painful piece of news.
“He hit him in the leg and left him limping for a week.”
“He fell and slammed into the corner of the table.”
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Perroflauta
In Spain, a person with an alternative, anti-establishment aesthetic, often associated with the squatter movement, dreadlocks, and a dog in tow. Used as a dismissive political label for countercultural types.