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/Sounds like "SAHS" (as in "salsa") + "kah" (as in "car")/

Meaning

A witty, quick, and devastating comeback that leaves the other person completely speechless in Spain. It's a roast so precise and well-timed that the victim has absolutely no way to respond.

Examples

He hit him with a zasca that shut him right up.

That zasca was brutal, he didn't know what to say.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de México
Bandera de República Dominicana
Bandera de Puerto Rico
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Chile
Tapaboca

In classic Argentine lunfardo, a woman who works as a street prostitute. The word is closely tied to tango culture and the popular poetry of the Rio de la Plata in the 20th century, where the yira became an enduring literary figure: solitary, walking the night, waiting for someone to stop.