pilas
To pay close attention, be on your guard, or stay alert regarding a specific situation or thing.
Carlos, pilas with that pot, it has boiling water. / Pilas with the teacher, he is watching you.
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To pay close attention, be on your guard, or stay alert regarding a specific situation or thing.
Carlos, pilas with that pot, it has boiling water. / Pilas with the teacher, he is watching you.
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A person who is very energetic, lively, or enthusiastic. (The term literally refers to batteries, suggesting the person is fully charged).
What I like about your sister is that she is really pilas
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A person who is sharp, street-smart, or highly alert. (The word literally translates to batteries, suggesting someone who is fully charged and ready to react).
'Get your pilas on for your homework' or 'You have to stay pilas with that.'
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In the Dominican Republic, pilas is used to mean a lot, heaps, or tons of something. It functions as an intensifier for quantities of people, things, or the intensity of a state or action. (The word literally refers to a pile or a battery).
Juan: Dude, did you understand what the teacher said in class? Pedro: No dude, that teacher talks pilas of shit. Maria: Girl, did you go to that queer Ricky Martin's concert? (Pajaro is a Dominican slur for a gay man). Chantal: Yeah girl, pilas of people and it was so hot! Maria: Totally girl, I went but I was pilas of soaked from the heat. Manuel: Dude, look, they are jumping that guy! Colon: Yeah dude, pilas of hits they are giving him.
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