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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "KAHR" (as in "car") + "leh" (as in "let") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KWEH" (as in "quest") + "roh" (as in "row") + "AH" (as in "art") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "gyehn"/

Meaning

To harshly criticize someone behind their back, verbally shredding their reputation when they are not there to defend themselves. In Argentina and Uruguay, gossip taken to its most destructive extreme.

Examples

They ripped apart the new employee throughout the entire lunch.

Do not be like that, stop tearing down people who are not here to defend themselves.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Bandera de México
Bandera de Argentina
Echar pestes

To figure it out, to hustle and make money or solve a problem with whatever you have on hand and pure creativity. It's the verb of Latin survival: when there are no resources, there's ingenuity.