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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "yeh" (as in "yes")/
To lose everything at once: job, money, and home. In Argentina and Uruguay, "quedar en la calle" describes the worst economic fall, a total collapse that leaves someone with nothing. The phrase gained especially heavy weight during the 2001 Argentine financial crisis.
“He got fired and was left with nothing from one day to the next.”
“With that amount of debt piling up she could lose everything before the year is out.”
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To lose everything at once: job, money, and home. In Argentina and Uruguay, "quedar en la calle" describes the worst economic fall, a total collapse that leaves someone with nothing. The phrase gained especially heavy weight during the 2001 Argentine financial crisis.
“He got fired and was left with nothing from one day to the next.”
“With that amount of debt piling up she could lose everything before the year is out.”
Tíguera
The feminine form of "tíguere" in Dominican Spanish: a woman who is sharp, streetwise, and knows how to move and defend herself. Not a pure insult or pure compliment; it is recognition of someone with real urban instincts. Better not mess with her.