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

Meaning

A naive loser who always gets the short end of the stick in Spain. The pringao is the one who works the hardest and gets the least credit, the perpetual chump.

Examples

He's always the sucker who ends up paying for everything.

Don't be a chump, stand up for yourself.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Papa frita

To spot, notice, or lock eyes on someone with special interest. When you fichar someone, you're marking them mentally, in soccer it means scouts have noticed talent; in social settings it means someone caught your eye.