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/Sounds like "KEH" (as in "kept") + "PLAHN" (as in "plan") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
An expression of secondhand embarrassment in Chile, when something is so awkward you feel bad for the other person. You want to look away and pretend you didn't see anything that just happened.
“What a plancha what happened to her during the presentation.”
“It was a total plancha.”
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/Sounds like "KEH" (as in "kept") + "PLAHN" (as in "plan") + "chah" (as in "chat")/
An expression of secondhand embarrassment in Chile, when something is so awkward you feel bad for the other person. You want to look away and pretend you didn't see anything that just happened.
“What a plancha what happened to her during the presentation.”
“It was a total plancha.”
Uña
A thief or someone who steals small things, a petty crook in Mexico. If someone has a reputation as an "uña" (literally "fingernail"), it means everyone hides their stuff when you show up because anything left unattended mysteriously disappears around you. It's more about sneaky swiping than armed robbery.