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/Sounds like "WAH" (as in "water") + "choh" (as in "chose")/

Meaning

Pachuco/Chicano slang from the US for "hey, look at that" or "watch out." From the English "to watch," filtered through East LA barrio caló of the 1940s and still alive today. When someone drops a "wacho carnal," whatever comes next is worth paying attention to.

Examples

Wacho ese carro, está bien rifado el lowrider.

Check out that car, that lowrider is seriously clean.

Wacho vato, ahí viene la placa, mejor córrele.

Heads up man, the cops are coming, better get moving.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Estados Unidos
Aguas vato

A person who desperately seeks approval and attention from the opposite sex by trying to seem different or special. The classic 'I'm not like the others' that everyone can spot from a mile away.