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Bandera de Chile

/JO-te/

Someone who persistently hits on a person without being wanted and refuses to read the signs. In Chile the jote doesn't realize nobody wants him there. Also the name of the Andean condor-like vulture.

Example

"That guy has been following her around all night."

"Don't be a jote and accept that she's not interested."

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Regional synonyms:

Sentir vergüenza, timidez o incomodidad al hacer algo que te expone. En México 'dar pena' es esa sensación que te frena de actuar por miedo al ridículo.