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/Sounds like "behr" (as in "bed") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/

Meaning

A mid-level insult on Colombia's Caribbean coast for someone tricky, ill-intentioned, or who wronged you. Among close friends it can soften to something almost affectionate depending on tone.

Examples

That vergajo let me down again.

Get over here, vergajo, where have you been hiding?

Regional synonyms

To flatter excessively in order to gain favors or look good at all costs. In Venezuela and Colombia, 'lambonear' is the art of the suck-up, always ready to applaud whoever is in power.