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/ROO-lah/

A knife or blade weapon, especially the kind carried in rough street contexts. In Colombia rula is street-level vocabulary for a weapon that nobody wants to see come out.

Example

"He pulled a knife and things escalated fast."

"Watch out for that guy — he's always carrying a blade."

Regional synonyms:

Exclamación de frustración, sorpresa o lamento, un eufemismo suave para expresar enojo sin ofender a nadie. En Argentina, Chile y Perú la usas cuando la situación amerita reaccionar fuerte.