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/Sounds like "roh" (as in "row") + "YEH" (as in "yes") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A smooth talker who says a lot without ever saying anything concrete, someone who uses charm and words to impress or persuade but delivers no real substance. In Mexico and Guatemala, a rollero can also be the person who courts with words alone, all promises and no follow-through.

Examples

Do not listen to him, he is all talk and no action, just promises and nothing real.

There goes the same rollero with his story about almost finishing the project.

A small child or little kid in Nicaragua, one of the most affectionate words in the Nicaraguan vocabulary. You say "chiguin" with a smile, picturing a little one running around causing harmless mischief. It captures the whole energy of early childhood in a single word.