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/Sounds like "reh" (as in "red") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LEHN" (as in "let") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

An insufferable, intensely annoying person who gets on everyone's nerves from the moment they arrive. A repelente doesn't need to try, irritating people is their natural state of being.

Examples

He's insufferable, always finding something negative to say.

That little brat ruined the whole game.

Regional synonyms

A Spanglish verb borrowed from English "to check" and fully conjugated in Spanish. It means to review, verify, or confirm something. One of the most classic examples of how Spanglish absorbs English verbs and Hispanicizes them completely. Common in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean as an everyday word.