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

Meaning

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.

Examples

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
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Colombia
Aguaje
Bandera de México
Chafón

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.