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/Sounds like "seh" (as in "set") + "rroo" + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

To backstab someone or undermine their position covertly, usually to take their job or place in a group. The classic workplace betrayal: smiling to someone's face while quietly sawing the floor out from under them.

Examples

He undermined the manager and ended up with his office a week later.

Watch out for that person, they have a reputation for stabbing people in the back.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela
Culebriar

To fall asleep suddenly, usually without meaning to, out of pure exhaustion. The most common colloquial way in Spain to say someone knocked out on the spot.