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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 large group of people bunched together forming a chaotic crowd in Mexico. When there's a bola de gente taking up space, making noise, and piling on top of each other with zero order.