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/Sounds like "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "beh" (as in "bed")/

Meaning

A car or ride in Mexican slang, spoken about like something epic. When someone shows off their nave, they're talking about their car as if it were a spaceship from another planet.

Examples

That nave is all tricked out.

Lend me the nave, I need to hit the grocery store.

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Regional synonyms

A Mexican expression used to find out what someone is really made of when faced with a challenge. Saying "vamos a ver de qué lado masca la iguana" (let us see which way the iguana chews) means it is time to stop talking and prove what you can do. Pure pressure with a playful twist.