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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "TOH" (as in "toll") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/

Meaning

A kid, boy, or young person in Guatemala, as Guatemalan as frijoles volteados and atol de elote. It's the Guatemalan way of referring to any young person with warmth and familiarity.

Examples

That patojo is already so big, time flies.

Kids these days live glued to their phones.

Word family

A person with a big belly or a chubby physique. In Chile and Argentina, guatón comes from 'guata' (belly) and is often used affectionately as a nickname rather than a harsh insult, though tone always matters.