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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "BEE" (as in "bee") + "loh" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

A very thin or extremely skinny person. In Venezuela, 'pabilo' refers to someone who appears to be malnourished or underweight, often used to describe someone who needs to gain weight.

Examples

That skinny person needs to eat more.

He's become very thin since he started the diet.

Regional synonyms

To be cheating on your partner, sneaking around with someone else behind their back. In Argentina this is the blunt, no-sugarcoating way to say someone is being unfaithful, hooking up on the side without getting caught.