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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "seh" (as in "set") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "weh" (as in "wet") + "OHN" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

In Chile, to play dumb on purpose to dodge responsibility or avoid a conversation. Someone who "se hace el weón" pretends they did not hear or understand to get out of something they clearly know about.

Examples

Don't play dumb, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

He played the weón about the debt and never paid me back.

Regional synonyms

Someone who has been cheated on, wearing the horns of infidelity. In the Caribbean and Spain, being 'corneado' is the ultimate insult for the person who is the last to know what's happening under their own roof.