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/Sounds like "hee" (as in "he") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

Nonsense, something trivial or so unimportant it doesn't deserve a second of your time or attention. In Argentina, gilada is everything stupid, irrelevant, or that only a fool would take seriously.

Examples

Stop talking nonsense and be serious for a minute.

He fights over every little thing, it's exhausting.

Word family

To dance bachata, a rhythm from the Dominican Republic characterized by hip movements and short steps in a close partner hold. The verb is used in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Spain, where the genre exploded in popularity from the 1990s onward.