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/Sounds like "LOH" (as in "loan") + "loh" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

In Chile, a teenager or young person in secondary school, navigating that phase where everything feels urgent, parents are clueless, and the whole world seems to be against them. Affectionate when used by adults remembering their own lolos years.

Examples

Ese lolo no para de mirar el teléfono.

That teenager can't stop looking at his phone for five seconds.

Cuando era lolo yo también pensaba que todo era el fin del mundo.

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

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Chamaca
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de República Dominicana
Jevito

A freeloader who always takes and never gives, someone who lives off others, always asking for things, borrowing without returning, and milking generosity dry. In Spain, a mangante is morally broke even if not financially so.