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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "SEH" (as in "set") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

In Colombia and Venezuela, a nosy, meddlesome person who is always in everyone's business without being invited. A peseta somehow knows every piece of gossip before anyone else does and never misses a conversation that does not concern them.

Examples

Don't tell him anything, he's a total busybody and the whole floor will know in five minutes.

The office gossip already knows about the contract before the people actually involved do.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Sapo
Bandera de Guatemala
Shute

A Guatemalan adjective for describing something small, tiny, insignificant in size. "Un chinto de azúcar" means a little bit of sugar. Also used for short people or minimum portions of anything. A daily word in the kitchen, at the store, in conversations about quantities. It marks the informal Chapín register and is one of those words Guatemalans miss when traveling.