/Sounds like "toh" (as in "toe") + "MAHR" (as in "mar") + "seh" (as in "set" without "t") + "lahs"/
To get out of a place quickly in Argentina and Uruguay before things go south. Escaping because you don't want to be there a second longer or because the situation got uncomfortable.
"We bounced before the subway closed."
"He took off the second he saw the cops."
/Sounds like "toh" (as in "toe") + "MAHR" (as in "mar") + "seh" (as in "set" without "t") + "lahs"/
To get out of a place quickly in Argentina and Uruguay before things go south. Escaping because you don't want to be there a second longer or because the situation got uncomfortable.
"We bounced before the subway closed."
"He took off the second he saw the cops."
Aflojar
Dar o soltar dinero a regañadientes en Argentina, cuando te sacan plata que no querías gastar. "Aflojá la guita" es la frase que escuchas cuando alguien te está pidiendo que pagues algo y no te queda otra opción.