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/Sounds like "bee" (as in "bee") + "YEH" (as in "yes") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Argentina, a person from a villa miseria, an informal settlement or shantytown on the outskirts of major cities. The word can be neutral or derogatory depending on who says it and how. Since the 1990s, villa culture has produced its own music (cumbia villera), slang, and aesthetic with nationwide reach.

Examples

La cumbia villera nació en las villas del conurbano bonaerense.

Cumbia villera was born in the shantytowns of Greater Buenos Aires.

Orgullosamente villero, de Fuerte Apache para el mundo.

Proudly from the streets, from Fuerte Apache to the world.

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Regional synonyms

In Colombia, a person who drinks alcohol too often or is known for always having a drink in hand. The copeton always has a reason to have one more and heads straight for the bar at any event.