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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "KOO" (as in "cool") + "loh" (as in "loan")/
In Argentina and Uruguay, to be incredibly lucky, to have things work out without really deserving it. Tener culo is unearned, shameless good fortune, and everyone around you knows it.
“That guy has all the luck in the world, everything always works out for him.”
“You lucky thing, you passed the exam without even studying.”
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In Argentina and Uruguay, to be incredibly lucky, to have things work out without really deserving it. Tener culo is unearned, shameless good fortune, and everyone around you knows it.
“That guy has all the luck in the world, everything always works out for him.”
“You lucky thing, you passed the exam without even studying.”
Costal de papas
A way of calling someone clumsy, graceless, or slouchy, like a sack of potatoes. In Mexico and Guatemala you say someone moves or sits like a costal de papas when they have zero elegance or body awareness.