Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/

Meaning

A casual short-sleeve t-shirt in Chile, the most basic item in any Chilean wardrobe. It's what you throw on for everything: from going to the mall to working out, and you always have a drawer full of them.

Examples

Buy yourself a new polera, that one's all torn up.

I got a polera from the band I like.

Regional synonyms

To have sex. A blunt, colloquial term widely used in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia. In the Southern Cone it appears frequently in popular music lyrics and everyday casual conversation among adults, carrying less taboo weight than its directness might suggest elsewhere.