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/Sounds like "lahm" (as in "lava") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "KOO" (as in "cool") + "lohs" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

An extreme, shameless brown-noser who flatters anyone with power, without dignity or limits. In Colombia and Venezuela, lambeculos is the outermost edge of sycophancy: the person who cheers on the boss even when the boss is completely wrong, just to stay in their good graces.

Examples

Ese lambeculos le celebra todo al gerente aunque se equivoque. (That brown-noser cheers on the manager even when he's dead wrong.)

No seas lambeculos: di lo que piensas aunque no les guste. (Don't be a suck-up: say what you actually think even if they don't like it.)

Word family

A backstabbing traitor who acts friendly to your face while working against you behind your back. In Colombia and Venezuela, a "culebra" is the false friend who smiles at you while holding the knife, someone who benefits from your trust and then uses it against you.