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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
A public embarrassment big enough for everyone to witness and remember. Making a papelón means you messed up in front of an audience: forgot your speech, fell down the stairs at work, or said something completely wrong in a meeting. The shame has witnesses.
“He made a complete fool of himself when he forgot his speech in front of everyone.”
“She fell down the stairs at work during lunch, total embarrassment.”
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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
A public embarrassment big enough for everyone to witness and remember. Making a papelón means you messed up in front of an audience: forgot your speech, fell down the stairs at work, or said something completely wrong in a meeting. The shame has witnesses.
“He made a complete fool of himself when he forgot his speech in front of everyone.”
“She fell down the stairs at work during lunch, total embarrassment.”
Noque
Total exhaustion, the state of being knocked completely out of commission. Used figuratively in Mexico and Central America, "noque" (from "nocaut," knockout) describes someone so depleted by tiredness that they're down for the count, unable to continue.