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Bandera de Chile

/Sounds like 'pen-KA-so'/

In Chile, a hard and unexpected hit or blow — the kind of impact you didn't see coming and that stings more than expected. A pencazo is always harder than you anticipated.

Example

"He walked straight into a glass door and hit it hard."

"I kicked the ball with everything I had and it flew."

Regional synonyms:

Persona de comportamiento vulgar, asociada con actitud callejera y mala educación. En Chile es un término despectivo que describe un estereotipo social específico.