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/Sounds like "troh" (as in "troll") + "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "ryah"/

Meaning

To fail a subject at school in Mexico. When you "tronas" a class, you did not pass and have to retake it or make it up.

Examples

If you fail math again you will have to repeat the whole year.

I did so badly I failed three classes this semester.

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Regional synonyms

To spy or secretly watch what someone's doing, or to snitch on someone to an authority in Chile and Peru. The sapo is the nosy busybody who sticks their nose where it doesn't belong and then runs off to tell what they saw.