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/Sounds like "gwah" (as in "Guam") + "RAH" (as in "rapper") + "poh" (as in "port")/

Meaning

Fresh or slightly fermented sugarcane juice, typical of tropical regions in Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia. It's a refreshing, sweet natural drink that tastes like pure Caribbean sunshine.

Examples

We had a cold sugarcane juice at the beach and it was pure bliss.

The guarapo man has the oldest press in town.

Regional synonyms

The person everyone blames when something goes wrong, the narrative scapegoat of any group conflict. Across Latin America and Spain, ser el malo de la pelicula means being cast as the villain of the story, sometimes just for telling the truth nobody wanted to hear.