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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Flat broke, completely tapped out, without a single peso in your pocket. In Colombia and Ecuador, it's the most direct way to say you're at financial zero.
“I can't go out this weekend, I'm pelado until payday.”
“I was pelado after the trip, spent everything.”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young person, kid, or teenager. In Colombia, pelado is an affectionate and very common way to refer to young people, used with warmth rather than condescension.
“That kid has a future, he works hard.”
“The young guys from the neighborhood organized the tournament.”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young guy, a kid, or a teenager in Colombia, the casual word for youth in a country where youth is everywhere. Pelado is descriptive and neutral: the pelado at the corner store, your younger brother, the kid who just started at work. Not disrespectful, just young.
“That young guy plays football really well.”
“How old is that kid?”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young kid or boy in Mexico. Used to refer to someone young with a tone that can be affectionate, paternal, or slightly condescending depending on who's saying it and when.
“That pelado has grown so much.”
“Kids these days are super smart with technology.”
“When I was a pelado I spent all my time playing in the street.”
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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Flat broke, completely tapped out, without a single peso in your pocket. In Colombia and Ecuador, it's the most direct way to say you're at financial zero.
“I can't go out this weekend, I'm pelado until payday.”
“I was pelado after the trip, spent everything.”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young person, kid, or teenager. In Colombia, pelado is an affectionate and very common way to refer to young people, used with warmth rather than condescension.
“That kid has a future, he works hard.”
“The young guys from the neighborhood organized the tournament.”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young guy, a kid, or a teenager in Colombia, the casual word for youth in a country where youth is everywhere. Pelado is descriptive and neutral: the pelado at the corner store, your younger brother, the kid who just started at work. Not disrespectful, just young.
“That young guy plays football really well.”
“How old is that kid?”
/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/
A young kid or boy in Mexico. Used to refer to someone young with a tone that can be affectionate, paternal, or slightly condescending depending on who's saying it and when.
“That pelado has grown so much.”
“Kids these days are super smart with technology.”
“When I was a pelado I spent all my time playing in the street.”
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Ser un pelmazo
In Spain, an insufferably tiresome and persistent person who never reads the room. A pelmazo latches on, goes on and on about the same topic, and genuinely cannot tell that everyone around them checked out long ago. The word comes from "pelma," a dense sticky mass, which is exactly how it feels to be around one.