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/Sounds like "lah" (as in "lava") + "dree" (as in "dreary") + "YEE" (as in "year") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A brick, but in slang it's an old, thick, heavy cell phone, especially the legendary Nokia candybar phones from the early 2000s. Built like tanks and basically indestructible.

Examples

Todavía tiene el ladrillito de Nokia, dice que nunca se le acaba la batería.

He still has that old Nokia brick, says the battery never dies.

Me prestaron un ladrillito de emergencia mientras arreglan el mío.

They lent me an old brick phone as a backup while mine gets fixed.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Cuba
Cacharro

A hangover in Ecuador, that awful feeling with headaches, nausea, and regret after a night of drinking. It's a Quechua word that Ecuadorians use on the daily.