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Create account/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "LEER" (as in "lead") + "DEHL" (as in "debt") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
To get through a situation by winging it just enough to avoid immediate trouble, without actually solving anything properly. Common in Mexico for half-hearted fixes.
“That answer got him through the meeting, but the problem is still there.”
“We patched it up to get by until the technician arrives.”
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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "LEER" (as in "lead") + "DEHL" (as in "debt") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "soh" (as in "solo")/
To get through a situation by winging it just enough to avoid immediate trouble, without actually solving anything properly. Common in Mexico for half-hearted fixes.
“That answer got him through the meeting, but the problem is still there.”
“We patched it up to get by until the technician arrives.”
No mamar
A Mexican and Chicano expression meaning "don't exaggerate," "don't lie," or "don't go too far." You use it when someone says something hard to believe, asks for too much, or pushes a joke past the limit. Not a heavy insult in Mexico: it's normal pushback between close friends.