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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "lahm" (as in "lava") + "BREE" (as in "breeze") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

In Chile, a light piece of gossip or snarky comment shared behind someone's back, the diminutive of "pelambre." Light enough to be petty rather than seriously harmful.

Examples

She came in with the gossip that the neighbors split up.

They just sit around gossiping, they don't talk about anything else.

Regional synonyms

An informal Colombian greeting to ask how you're doing and what's new. It's as automatic in Colombia as saying 'hello', it always follows the first greeting.