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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
In Venezuela, raw unrefined cane sugar in block form, used to sweeten drinks and food. Papelón is a kitchen staple and the key ingredient in the traditional papelón con limón drink.
“Make me a papelón con limón, nice and cold for this heat.”
“Buy a papelón at the market to sweeten the oatmeal.”
/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
An embarrassing or ridiculous moment that exposes you in front of everyone. In Argentina, making a 'papelón' is social death, you tripped, said something wrong, or got caught in a lie and now everyone saw it. The cringe lives forever.
“He dropped the entire tray at the restaurant, it was a total disaster.”
“I made a complete fool of myself when I talked to the wrong girl thinking she was someone else.”
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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
In Venezuela, raw unrefined cane sugar in block form, used to sweeten drinks and food. Papelón is a kitchen staple and the key ingredient in the traditional papelón con limón drink.
“Make me a papelón con limón, nice and cold for this heat.”
“Buy a papelón at the market to sweeten the oatmeal.”
/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LOHN" (as in "loan")/
An embarrassing or ridiculous moment that exposes you in front of everyone. In Argentina, making a 'papelón' is social death, you tripped, said something wrong, or got caught in a lie and now everyone saw it. The cringe lives forever.
“He dropped the entire tray at the restaurant, it was a total disaster.”
“I made a complete fool of myself when I talked to the wrong girl thinking she was someone else.”
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Achachay
A Quechua exclamation used in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to express how cold it is. It's the instinctive shout when freezing air hits you and your body reacts before your brain does.