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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "TEHR" (as in "ten") + "leh" (as in "let") + "KREH" (as in "crest") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "AH" (as in "art") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "kohs" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

To exaggerate, make up details, or make a story more dramatic than it really was. In Mexico, it's the warning that someone is inflating the truth.

Examples

Don't meterle crema a los tacos, it wasn't that bad.

He always meterle crema a los tacos when he tells his stories.

Regional synonyms

Money in general, the most tango-flavored, lunfardo way to talk about cash in Argentina and Uruguay. Born in the barrios of Buenos Aires and still alive in everyday speech.