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/Sounds like "kee" (as in "keep") + "lohm" (as in "loan") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A person who always stirs up trouble, creates drama, or sparks conflict where there is none. In Argentina, a 'quilombero' is that friend who can never be at peace.

Examples

Your neighbor is such a quilombero, there's drama every week.

Don't be a quilombero and just chill for once.

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Regional synonyms

In Spain, an insufferably tiresome and persistent person who never reads the room. A pelmazo latches on, goes on and on about the same topic, and genuinely cannot tell that everyone around them checked out long ago. The word comes from "pelma," a dense sticky mass, which is exactly how it feels to be around one.