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/Sounds like the English word "guap" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To act tough or put on a brave front without anything to back it up. Used in Argentina and Cuba. Guapear is all chest-puffing and zero substance: talking big, throwing attitude around, trying to look intimidating, but almost always folding the moment someone actually calls the bluff. The neighborhood tough-guy performance, exposed.
“He was acting tough all night at the bar and the moment someone confronted him he turned and ran.”
“Stop playing tough guy, nobody here knows you and nobody is impressed.”
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/Sounds like the English word "guap" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To act tough or put on a brave front without anything to back it up. Used in Argentina and Cuba. Guapear is all chest-puffing and zero substance: talking big, throwing attitude around, trying to look intimidating, but almost always folding the moment someone actually calls the bluff. The neighborhood tough-guy performance, exposed.
“He was acting tough all night at the bar and the moment someone confronted him he turned and ran.”
“Stop playing tough guy, nobody here knows you and nobody is impressed.”
Tumbe
A robbery, scam, or rip-off where someone takes your money or belongings. In Mexico, a tumbe can be anything from a street mugging to an online purchase that never arrived. It comes from "tumbar," meaning to knock down, and it perfectly captures that feeling of getting knocked over by someone who just took what was yours.