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Add a word/Sounds like "proh" (as in "pro") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/
Meaning
A tip left for a waiter or service worker on top of the bill. In Mexico, tipping is an important social custom: 10% is the bare minimum, while 15 to 20% is what considerate people leave. Skipping the propina is a real social offense, since waitstaff depend on it.
Examples
“No olvides la propina, el mesero estuvo muy atento. (Don't forget the tip, the waiter was really attentive.)”
“¿Cuánto de propina le vas a dejar? (How much are you going to leave?)”
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/Sounds like "proh" (as in "pro") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/
Meaning
A tip left for a waiter or service worker on top of the bill. In Mexico, tipping is an important social custom: 10% is the bare minimum, while 15 to 20% is what considerate people leave. Skipping the propina is a real social offense, since waitstaff depend on it.
Examples
“No olvides la propina, el mesero estuvo muy atento. (Don't forget the tip, the waiter was really attentive.)”
“¿Cuánto de propina le vas a dejar? (How much are you going to leave?)”
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Vesre
A Buenos Aires lunfardo technique of reversing syllables to create new slang words. The word "vesre" itself is "revés" (reverse) flipped backwards. It gave Argentine speech classics like "telo" (hotel), "gotán" (tango), and "jermu" (mujer). A linguistic game that became a cultural signature of Río de la Plata identity, still alive in everyday speech today.