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/Sounds like "soh" (as in "solo") + "plah" (as in "plan") + "GYE" (as in "guy") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A silly, annoying, or nonsense-spouting person, a mild and rather humorous insult in Spain. Used more to scold someone with sarcasm than to genuinely offend.

Examples

Don't listen to him, he's a soplagaitas.

Come on, soplagaitas, stop talking rubbish.

Regional synonyms

In Guatemala, a person of mixed heritage with a Western Hispanic cultural identity, as distinct from the indigenous Maya communities. The term carries deep historical and social weight rooted in the colonial period, and the identity it describes is still very much alive and contested today.