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/Sounds like "pahn" (as in "park") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "YEH" (as in "yes") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Mexico, a show-off who flaunts wealth or status they may not actually have, just to impress people. The pantallero buys the latest phone while behind on rent, talks endlessly about a trip they barely took, and is all image with zero substance.

Examples

Stop being a show-off and buying things you don't need just to flaunt them.

That guy showed up with the new iPhone but owes three months of rent.

To ruin or spoil a situation that was going well, usually through carelessness, bad luck, or saying something you should not have. In Argentina and Uruguay, the person who chotea everything is the one who reliably messes things up every time.