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/LOH-loh/

In Chile, a teenager or young adult in secondary school, someone in the stage between childhood and adulthood where everything seems urgent. Today's teenagers are incomprehensible to the previous generation.

Example

"That teenager can't stop looking at his phone."

"When I was a teenager, I also thought everything was the end of the world."

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Regional synonyms:

Exclamación de frustración, sorpresa o lamento, un eufemismo suave para expresar enojo sin ofender a nadie. En Argentina, Chile y Perú la usas cuando la situación amerita reaccionar fuerte.