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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "LAHN" (as in "lava") + "droh" (as in "drone")/
A dangerous street criminal who robs, threatens, and causes trouble in the neighborhood in Venezuela. They're the ones you avoid after dark and the reason you don't flash your phone in certain areas.
“Be careful with the thugs in that area, don't go at night.”
“The thugs stole his phone right on the street.”
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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "LAHN" (as in "lava") + "droh" (as in "drone")/
A dangerous street criminal who robs, threatens, and causes trouble in the neighborhood in Venezuela. They're the ones you avoid after dark and the reason you don't flash your phone in certain areas.
“Be careful with the thugs in that area, don't go at night.”
“The thugs stole his phone right on the street.”
Saber latín
To be very smart, savvy, or experienced, someone who cannot be easily fooled. In Spain and Mexico, "saber latín" is a compliment packed inside an old-fashioned expression: this person understands how the world works and is not going to fall for anything obvious.