Golazo
Spanish Soccer Chants and Stadium Phrases You Need to Know
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Add a word/Sounds like "behn" (as in "bed") + "DEE" (as in "deep") + "doh" (as in "door")/
Meaning
A traitor who was bought or bribed to act in someone else's favor. In soccer, it's what fans yell at the referee when he seems to be calling everything in favor of the opposing team, accusing him of having taken money to tilt the scoreline. It's a direct accusation, not just a casual insult.
Examples
“'Sellout ref!' the whole crowd yelled when he disallowed the goal.”
“They called him a sellout for calling that fake penalty.”
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Meaning
A traitor who was bought or bribed to act in someone else's favor. In soccer, it's what fans yell at the referee when he seems to be calling everything in favor of the opposing team, accusing him of having taken money to tilt the scoreline. It's a direct accusation, not just a casual insult.
Examples
“'Sellout ref!' the whole crowd yelled when he disallowed the goal.”
“They called him a sellout for calling that fake penalty.”
Regional synonyms
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Voltear la torta
To flip the script, to completely turn a situation around when things looked lost. In Colombia, voltear la torta is that satisfying reversal: you were losing, they underestimated you, and then you came back and changed everything.