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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "TOO" (as in "tool") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

In Chile, a bold, shameless woman who acts with total nerve, helping herself to privileges or pushing into spaces without being invited. A patuda takes liberties nobody gave her.

Examples

That girl is really patuda, she crashed the party without an invitation.

Don't be patuda and wait your turn like everyone else.

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Regional synonyms

To show off or pretend to be something you're not, to fake a lifestyle or status that isn't really yours. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic it's putting on a front for others.