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/Sounds like "LEET" (as in "lead")/

Meaning

Short for "literal," used as a filler word to emphasize that something actually happened exactly as described, no exaggeration. Across Spanish-speaking Gen Z, lit peppers sentences the same way "literally" does in English slang, especially when a story sounds too unbelievable and you need people to believe you.

Examples

I literally fell asleep in class, I swear.

I literally haven't eaten anything all day, I'm starving.

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Regional synonyms

To flirt without commitment, to be in that limbo with someone where you're not together but not just friends either. The classic 'we have a thing but we're nothing official.'.