Regatear
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Meaning
A skillful dribbling move with the ball to get past and leave a rival behind in soccer. It's the art of making the defender kick air while you've already gone past them with the ball glued to your foot.
Examples
“He pulled a dribble that left the defender sitting down.”
“He's a dribbling genius, nobody can take the ball from him.”
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/Sounds like "reh" (as in "red") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
Meaning
A skillful dribbling move with the ball to get past and leave a rival behind in soccer. It's the art of making the defender kick air while you've already gone past them with the ball glued to your foot.
Examples
“He pulled a dribble that left the defender sitting down.”
“He's a dribbling genius, nobody can take the ball from him.”
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Zamuro
Literally a black vulture from the Venezuelan plains, but in everyday speech it means someone who only shows up when there's something to gain from someone else's bad luck. The human zamuro circles overhead waiting for things to fall apart so they can swoop in.