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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
A country bumpkin or someone who seems hopelessly out of touch with urban life, culture, and trends. In Spain, "paleto" is what city people call someone who seems provincial, socially awkward, or simply behind the times. Not the harshest insult in the book, but definitely a condescending snub.
“Don't be so clueless; you take public transit to concerts.”
“What a country bumpkin, he doesn't even know how to use the subway.”
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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
A country bumpkin or someone who seems hopelessly out of touch with urban life, culture, and trends. In Spain, "paleto" is what city people call someone who seems provincial, socially awkward, or simply behind the times. Not the harshest insult in the book, but definitely a condescending snub.
“Don't be so clueless; you take public transit to concerts.”
“What a country bumpkin, he doesn't even know how to use the subway.”
Pelado
In Costa Rica, to be completely broke, without a single cent. "Andar pelado" means having no money at all.