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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
To pay attention or take someone seriously. In Venezuela, "no me para bolas" means someone is completely ignoring you, not necessarily out of rudeness but sheer indifference, like you do not even exist. Used constantly in everyday conversation.
“Pay attention to the teacher, that is going to be on Friday's exam.”
“She has not given me the time of day since the new guy joined the group.”
/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
To pay attention to or acknowledge someone in Colombia, almost always used in the negative. "No parar bolas" means to completely ignore someone.
“I talk to him and he completely ignores me.”
“Pay attention, this is important.”
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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
To pay attention or take someone seriously. In Venezuela, "no me para bolas" means someone is completely ignoring you, not necessarily out of rudeness but sheer indifference, like you do not even exist. Used constantly in everyday conversation.
“Pay attention to the teacher, that is going to be on Friday's exam.”
“She has not given me the time of day since the new guy joined the group.”
/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/
To pay attention to or acknowledge someone in Colombia, almost always used in the negative. "No parar bolas" means to completely ignore someone.
“I talk to him and he completely ignores me.”
“Pay attention, this is important.”
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Me estás cargando
Are you kidding me? The Rioplatense way of expressing total disbelief when something sounds too absurd or too outrageous to be real. The Argentine and Uruguayan equivalent of "you have got to be joking" or "are you pulling my leg?"