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Bandera de Colombia

/pe-RE-ke/

An annoyance, a pain, or a person or situation that complicates your life unnecessarily. In Colombia, 'pereque' is any source of unnecessary friction — the demanding client who calls ten times a day, the bureaucratic process that takes a week for something that should take five minutes.

Example

"Don't be such a pain and stop bothering me about the same thing."

"That client is a nightmare, he calls ten times for anything."

Word family
Regional synonyms:

Algo de mala calidad, barato, descuidado o que da vergüenza ajena. En España 'cutre' describe todo lo que no tiene clase ni esfuerzo: bares, regalos, planes.