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/Sounds like "soh" (as in "solo") + "BRAHR" (as in "bra")/

Meaning

In Peru, to treat someone with contempt or deliberately ignore them because you think you're above them. When someone "te sobra," they make you feel like you don't even exist.

Examples

She dismissed me in front of everyone and I said nothing.

Don't look down on me, we know each other from somewhere.

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Regional synonyms

A gun, pistol, or any firearm in Uruguayan street slang. Chumbo is Montevideo lunfardo at its most raw, no euphemisms, heard in neighborhoods where the word describes a daily reality rather than a hypothetical.