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/Sounds like "SAHR" (as in "salsa") + "peh" (as in "pet")/
Something that went way over the top, excessive or outrageous. In Argentina and Uruguay it describes situations, prices, or attitudes that are just too much, whether in a good way (an insane goal) or a bad way (absurd rent prices). Think of it as the Argentine way of saying "that is insane."
“What an insane goal by Messi, I can't believe it!”
“Rent prices are outrageous, nobody can afford that.”
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/Sounds like "SAHR" (as in "salsa") + "peh" (as in "pet")/
Something that went way over the top, excessive or outrageous. In Argentina and Uruguay it describes situations, prices, or attitudes that are just too much, whether in a good way (an insane goal) or a bad way (absurd rent prices). Think of it as the Argentine way of saying "that is insane."
“What an insane goal by Messi, I can't believe it!”
“Rent prices are outrageous, nobody can afford that.”
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.