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/Sounds like "pohr" (as in "port") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "teel" (as in "tea")/
A laptop in Spain and Colombia. While most of Latin America says "laptop," Spaniards and Colombians say portátil for any portable computer. The word perfectly captures the remote-work era: grab your portátil and work from any café with decent wifi.
“I left my laptop at the office and now I can't work from home.”
“I work from my laptop at any café with a good connection.”
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/Sounds like "pohr" (as in "port") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "teel" (as in "tea")/
A laptop in Spain and Colombia. While most of Latin America says "laptop," Spaniards and Colombians say portátil for any portable computer. The word perfectly captures the remote-work era: grab your portátil and work from any café with decent wifi.
“I left my laptop at the office and now I can't work from home.”
“I work from my laptop at any café with a good connection.”
Quemarse el foco
In Mexico, to mentally exhaust yourself trying to solve a problem until your brain just gives out with nothing to show for it. The image is a lightbulb that has burned out: it used to illuminate things, now it is just dark.