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Bandera de Colombia

/KEEM-bahm-bah — UPPERCASE = stressed syllable/

A place that is extremely far away, often considered to be at the end of the world, where no one wants to go voluntarily. In Colombia, sending someone to the quimbamba means to tell them to go somewhere far away, often as a form of punishment.

Example

"He lives in a place that's extremely far away, it takes two hours to get there."

"They sent him to work in a place that's far, far away as a form of punishment."

Regional synonyms:

Plática sin importancia, hablar mucho sin decir absolutamente nada sustancial ni útil. La cháchara es esa conversación que llena el tiempo, ocupa el silencio pero no aporta ni una sola idea de valor.