Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "rah" (as in "rapper") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/

Meaning

To skip school or work without permission to spend the day doing something way more fun and exciting. In Argentina it's practically a teenage rite of passage, you escape from school, hit the park, and pray nobody finds out.

Examples

We ditched school and went to play at the field.

Don't skip class or they'll mark you absent.

Word family
Regional synonyms

Modest, restrained, and classy without overdoing it. The word went viral on TikTok as the aesthetic opposite of excess: showing up with elegance and self-awareness instead of screaming for attention. Spanish speakers adopted it directly from English and use it widely on social media.