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/Sounds like "LEHN" (as in "let") + "tehs" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

Glasses or spectacles for correcting vision or blocking the sun. The standard word for eyeglasses across much of Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Venezuela.

Examples

My glasses broke and I can't see anything.

I need new sunglasses for this summer.

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Regional synonyms

To stick out embarrassingly, to make a scene, to draw attention in the worst way. In Spain, if you dar el cante, you're the person everyone is staring at, overdressed at a casual party, laughing too loud, making the group cringe.