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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/
A basic, classless, or broke person with no style in Yucatan slang. Calling someone "pelana" in Merida means they have no taste or status. Among young people it can be teasing between friends, but directed at a stranger it lands as an insult.
“Stop being so basic and don't do that in public, it's embarrassing.”
“She dresses so plainly, it looks like she doesn't care at all.”
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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/
A basic, classless, or broke person with no style in Yucatan slang. Calling someone "pelana" in Merida means they have no taste or status. Among young people it can be teasing between friends, but directed at a stranger it lands as an insult.
“Stop being so basic and don't do that in public, it's embarrassing.”
“She dresses so plainly, it looks like she doesn't care at all.”
Papelón
A public embarrassment big enough for everyone to witness and remember. Making a papelón means you messed up in front of an audience: forgot your speech, fell down the stairs at work, or said something completely wrong in a meeting. The shame has witnesses.