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/Sounds like "SOHFT" (as in "solo") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "feh" (as in "fence")/

Meaning

A lifestyle centered on comfort, ease, and cutting out unnecessary stress. Soft life is not about being rich: it is about refusing to live in permanent survival mode and choosing your own wellbeing, intentionally and unapologetically, within whatever means you actually have. The term spread widely across Spanish-speaking social media.

Examples

I'm building my soft life little by little, no rush but no stopping either.

Soft life means giving yourself the best you can, within what is actually realistic for you.

Regional synonyms

To give up, to quit trying because you've run out of strength and motivation to keep fighting. It comes from boxing, where the trainer literally threw in the towel to save their fighter from more damage.