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/Sounds like the English word "se puso f" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

A Mexican expression to describe how the weather, a situation, or an atmosphere suddenly got worse or complicated. It's used when the rain picked up, traffic locked up, the party turned tense, or a soccer match got out of hand. Literally 'it got ugly,' figuratively 'things just went sideways.'

Examples

We were going to go out but it got ugly with all that hail.

The game got ugly when they ejected the goalkeeper.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Peludo

To hook someone up with a job, contract, or favor through personal connections rather than merit. Common across Spain and Latin America when nepotism or cronyism gets someone a position they did not earn on their own.