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Pava
/Sounds like "PAH" (as in "park") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
Bad luck or negative energy that ruins things in Venezuela. Echar pava means to jinx something, and tener pava means you're on a bad streak where everything goes wrong.
“Don't bring that up mid-game, you'll jinx us.”
“I've had terrible pava on me, everything has gone sideways this week.”
Pava
/Sounds like "PAH" (as in "park") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
A metal kettle with a long spout used for heating water in Argentina and Uruguay, especially sacred for brewing mate. No home in the region is complete without one sitting on the stove.
“Put the kettle on, we're having some mates.”
“I forgot the kettle on the stove and it burned.”
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Pava
/Sounds like "PAH" (as in "park") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
Bad luck or negative energy that ruins things in Venezuela. Echar pava means to jinx something, and tener pava means you're on a bad streak where everything goes wrong.
“Don't bring that up mid-game, you'll jinx us.”
“I've had terrible pava on me, everything has gone sideways this week.”
Pava
/Sounds like "PAH" (as in "park") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
A metal kettle with a long spout used for heating water in Argentina and Uruguay, especially sacred for brewing mate. No home in the region is complete without one sitting on the stove.
“Put the kettle on, we're having some mates.”
“I forgot the kettle on the stove and it burned.”
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In Argentine youth slang, an enthusiastic expression of agreement meaning "deal," "done," or "let's go." Used to confirm a plan or close a proposal with positive energy.