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Sapa
/Sounds like "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "pah" (as in "park")/
A gossipy, nosy woman who listens in on conversations that are none of her business and then tells everyone what she heard. In Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, "sapa" is the female version of "sapo": always eavesdropping, never keeping a secret. If someone calls you sapa, they're telling you to mind your own business.
“Don't tell her anything, she's super nosy and the whole neighborhood will know in two hours.”
“Why are you so nosy? Nobody asked you anything.”
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Sapa
/Sounds like "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "pah" (as in "park")/
A gossipy, nosy woman who listens in on conversations that are none of her business and then tells everyone what she heard. In Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, "sapa" is the female version of "sapo": always eavesdropping, never keeping a secret. If someone calls you sapa, they're telling you to mind your own business.
“Don't tell her anything, she's super nosy and the whole neighborhood will know in two hours.”
“Why are you so nosy? Nobody asked you anything.”
Le cayó el veinte
The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.