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Bandera de Puerto Rico
Bandera de República Dominicana

/Sounds like "pone" (as in "phone" but with a P)/

A ride or lift that someone gives you in their car. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, asking for a pon is an everyday thing, especially if you don't have your own car. It is the Caribbean equivalent of hitchhiking, but more casual and among people you know.

Example

"¿Me das un pon hasta la universidad? -> Can you give me a ride to the university?"

"Llegué gracias a un pon que me dio el vecino. -> I got there thanks to a ride my neighbor gave me."

Regional synonyms:

Hombre que se cree el más dominante, seguro y exitoso de cualquier grupo social. Se popularizó en redes y podcasts de autoayuda bro, aunque el que se autoproclama alfa generalmente no lo es.