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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "teh" (as in "ten") + "PLOO" (as in "plume") + "mah" (as in "mark")/

Meaning

Someone who walks everywhere or is always out on the streets roaming around. The patepluma knows every corner of the city because they've covered it all on foot, by choice or necessity.

Examples

That guy doesn't have a car, he goes everywhere on foot.

He's out walking around in this heat like it's nothing.

Regional synonyms

Intense rage, burning frustration, or deep anger that has hit its boiling point. In Venezuela and Colombia, "arrechera" is that moment when everything has gone wrong and your patience has officially expired. Saying someone has an arrechera means they are furious in a way that is hard to contain.