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/Sounds like "reh" (as in "red") + "pahr" (as in "park") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Cuba, someone from the reparto movement: flashy style, street attitude, and deep connection to urban neighborhood music. Can be worn as a badge of pride or used as a dig at bad taste, depending on who's saying it.

Examples

That repartero showed up with gold teeth and everything.

Reparteras have their own style, you can't copy that.

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Regional synonyms

A bad situation, a major setback, or something that went completely wrong. In Colombia, quedar en paila means being left with nothing, financially, personally, or professionally, after things fell apart.