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Bandera de Puerto Rico
Bandera de República Dominicana

/Sounds like "gee" (as in "geese") + "YAHR"/

To show off or pretend to be something you're not, to fake a lifestyle or status that isn't really yours. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic it's putting on a front for others.

Example

"Stop guillando, everyone knows you don't have money."

"He spends all his time guillando with designer clothes but lives with his mom."

Word family
Regional synonyms:

Afanar

Bandera de España

Trabajar mucho, esforzarse intensamente y darle duro a la chamba sin parar en España. Es meter horas extras y sudar la gota gorda para sacar el trabajo adelante sin quejarse.