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Bandera de Chile

/pe-LAM-bre/

Intense gossip or talk that tears apart someone's reputation or behavior behind their back. In Chile the pelambre is the conversation that dismantles someone's image while they're nowhere around to defend themselves.

Example

"In that office gossip is the favorite pastime."

"She found out people were trashing her and got really angry."

Regional synonyms:

Detener a alguien, rechazar un avance romántico o parar en seco una situación que no te gusta ni te conviene. Es ponerle un alto claro, directo y sin ambigüedades para que entienda que ahí se acabó todo.