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/Sounds like "OON" (as in "Uber") + "TOH" (as in "toll") + "keh" (as in "kept")/

Meaning

A short while or a brief moment in Uruguay, also used to ask someone to wait a second. Very common youth slang in the Río de la Plata region for indicating a little bit of time.

Examples

Wait for me a sec, I'm almost ready.

I'll only stay a moment and then I'm off, I have an early morning tomorrow.

Regional synonyms

In Mexico, gossip, drama, or the social buzz that erupts when people cannot stop talking about something. The word comes from Nahuatl "mitotl," a loud ritual dance, and that energy of everyone talking at once is exactly what a mitote feels like.