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/Sounds like "preen" (as in "pretty") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

A naive, gullible person who always ends up on the losing end. In Spain it's used for someone who gets fooled easily or makes a fool of themselves without even realizing it.

Examples

Don't be a pringado, they're messing with you.

The pringado paid everyone's bill and nobody even thanked him.

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Gossip or trash-talk about someone behind their back in Chile. The pelambre is the conversation that tears apart someone's reputation or behavior while they are nowhere around to defend themselves. It thrives in closed environments like offices or tight social circles.