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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "father") + "SEHR" + "lah" (as in "lava") + "rah" (as in "rah") + "BOH" (as in "bone") + "nah" (as in "nah")/

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.

Example

"We ditched school and went to play at the field."

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

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Entender algo, captar la idea o adaptarse a una situación nueva en México. Es la forma coloquial de decir que alguien por fin comprendió de qué se trata y dejó de estar perdido en la conversación.