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Bandera de México

/Sounds like "noh" (as in "no") + "BEEAHR"/

To be in a formal, exclusive relationship in Mexico. Noviar is the step after casually dating: there's commitment, families have met, and you can't be seeing other people anymore.

Example

"They've been noviando for two years and are about to get married."

"When are you gonna get a partner? You're old enough."

Regional synonyms:

Al garete

Bandera de República Dominicana
Bandera de Puerto Rico

Sin rumbo, sin control o en desorden total, cuando todo se sale de control y no hay quien lo pare. Es una expresión náutica caribeña que Puerto Rico y República Dominicana adoptaron para describir el caos absoluto.