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/Sounds like "loo" (as in "loop") + "keh" (as in "kept") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To look at something, observe, or take a quick peek. Comes from English 'look' and is widely used in Central America to mean watching something carefully or discreetly.

Examples

Check out that car coming, it looks suspicious.

He was staring at me the whole time at the party without saying a word.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Estados Unidos
Wachar
Bandera de México
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Chile
Wachear

An unexpected turn of events in real life, borrowed straight from movie language. When life throws a plot twist at you, nobody saw it coming and everything suddenly looks different. Used across Latin America and Spain by anyone who watches enough Netflix.