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/Sounds like "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
A drug trafficker or anyone connected to the narco underworld at any level. In Colombia the word carries enormous cultural weight given the country's history with cartels in the 1980s and 90s, and it is used matter-of-factly across all social classes, from news reports to everyday conversation.
“The whole town lives in fear of the cartel.”
“That Netflix series about the cartel is brutal but accurate.”
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/Sounds like "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
A drug trafficker or anyone connected to the narco underworld at any level. In Colombia the word carries enormous cultural weight given the country's history with cartels in the 1980s and 90s, and it is used matter-of-factly across all social classes, from news reports to everyday conversation.
“The whole town lives in fear of the cartel.”
“That Netflix series about the cartel is brutal but accurate.”
Bajar el cirio
To get a serious dressing-down, called out harshly and directly in Mexico. When someone bajas el cirio on you, the person in front is furious and not holding back a single word. Usually comes from a boss, a parent, or anyone with authority over you.