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/Sounds like "pohn" (as in "port") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/
To strike out the batter with three strikes in baseball, the most humiliating moment for the hitter and most glorious for the pitcher. Also used to say something broke down, like a flat tire.
“He struck him out with an impossible curveball.”
“I got a flat tire on the way to work.”
/Sounds like "pohn" (as in "port") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/
To get a flat tire, or more broadly, for something to fail or break down suddenly. In Mexico and the Caribbean, "ponchar" covers both the literal tire blowout on a highway and figurative situations where something goes wrong without warning.
“Se me ponchó una llanta en la carretera y llegué tardísimo.”
“I got a flat tire on the highway and showed up incredibly late.”
“Se ponchó el globo antes de que llegaran los niños.”
“The balloon popped before the kids even arrived.”
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/Sounds like "pohn" (as in "port") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/
To strike out the batter with three strikes in baseball, the most humiliating moment for the hitter and most glorious for the pitcher. Also used to say something broke down, like a flat tire.
“He struck him out with an impossible curveball.”
“I got a flat tire on the way to work.”
/Sounds like "pohn" (as in "port") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/
To get a flat tire, or more broadly, for something to fail or break down suddenly. In Mexico and the Caribbean, "ponchar" covers both the literal tire blowout on a highway and figurative situations where something goes wrong without warning.
“Se me ponchó una llanta en la carretera y llegué tardísimo.”
“I got a flat tire on the highway and showed up incredibly late.”
“Se ponchó el globo antes de que llegaran los niños.”
“The balloon popped before the kids even arrived.”
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Callear
To wander the streets without a fixed destination, just to see what is happening or pass the time. In Colombia and Venezuela, callear is the go-to activity when you have no specific plan but staying home is simply not an option.