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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.”
Rajar
To talk badly about someone behind their back, criticizing them when they are not present to hear it. The person who "raja" always has something to say about everyone but never says it to their face. Common across Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay.