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/Sounds like "GOH" (as in "go") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

In Argentine soccer slang, a goal. Goyo comes from lunfardo, the street slang of Buenos Aires, and gets used when someone scores, especially when the goal is spectacular enough to make the whole stadium erupt.

Examples

Metió un goyo de media cancha, no lo podías creer.

He scored from midfield, you could not believe it.

Llevamos tres goyos en el primer tiempo, los estamos aplastando.

We have three goals in the first half, we are absolutely crushing them.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de España
Bandera de Chile
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Ecuador
Bandera de Uruguay
Gol

A Carabinero or police officer in Chile, the street word for cops. 'Paco' doesn't carry automatic hostility, just street-level directness. Hearing 'viene el paco' triggers the same universal reflex everywhere: check your pockets and look calm.