Definitions tagged chusma in the street dictionary.
To scheme, gossip, or engage in backroom politics within a social or professional circle to influence opinions or stir up trouble (the term is heavily associated with political wheeling and dealing).
The coworkers were in the kitchen, rosqueando all day long.
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A person who is starstruck and obsessed with celebrities, show business, and gossip about the lives of actors, musicians, and TV personalities.
I am really cholulo. The other day I watched the entire wedding ceremony between Governor Urtubey and the actress Isabel Macedo.
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To hang out by your front door or sit on the sidewalk in your neighborhood to get some fresh air and gossip. (It is a traditional social practice in Argentina for neighbors to set out chairs on the sidewalk to watch the street and chat).
I can't go out because the neighbor is always puerteando and knows exactly when I leave and come back.
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To blab or broadcast someone else's private business to different social circles.
- I heard you have been bocineando about me buying a car. You are such a snitch! (In Argentina, calling someone a boton means they are a snitch or informer).
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A loudmouth or snitch who blabs secrets to everyone. (The term literally means horn, describing someone who broadcasts information instead of keeping it quiet).
Did you tell your mom? Man, you're such a bocina!
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A popular phrase meaning that in small towns, personal problems or scandals become public knowledge and are magnified, unlike the anonymity of a big city. (In the Southern Cone, a pago refers to one's home district or village).
- Everyone found out he was a cuckold. Pago chico, infierno grande.
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To gossip or talk about people behind their backs. The expression is based on the image of older women gathering to knit while sharing neighborhood rumors (in Argentina, this is a classic stereotype of neighborhood ladies chatting on the sidewalk or in their homes).
- I have to tell you what happened with the building super. - Alright, let's tejer...
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An expression used to signal that a conversation is turning into a gossip session. It refers to a well-known brand of nail polish remover, alluding to the stereotype of women gossiping while doing their nails.
- You have no idea what happened with my neighbor the other day! - Oh, wait, pasame el Cútex!
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To gossip or share details about other people's private lives. It is also used when asking someone to spill the tea or give a full report on a specific event.
Tell me how the birthday party went later, chusmeame.
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A situation or place full of gossip and drama where everyone's private business becomes public (originally referring to crowded urban tenement houses in Argentina where shared spaces led to a lack of privacy).
I'm quitting this job, it's a total conventillo.
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A trashy, vulgar, or low-class person (a derogatory term used in Venezuela to describe someone perceived as unrefined or ghetto).
"Get away from me, you Rabuo" and "I do not hang out with Rabuos."
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An insult used for someone considered a lowlife, worthless, or trashy.
You are a remanchullio. remanchullios are the worst.
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A derogatory term for a person perceived as trashy, vulgar, or low-class. (The name comes from the word tierra, meaning dirt, implying the person comes from a poor area with unpaved streets or dirt floors).
That tierru'o never cleans himself up. / I do not hang out with tierru'os.
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A trashy or low-class person who rides a small, inexpensive motorcycle. (In Venezuela, this term is used to stereotype people as thugs based on their appearance and type of transport).
Look at that Moño, he looks like a thug. That Moño really scared me.
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Used to describe something or someone perceived as tacky, trashy, or low class, whether it is an object, a person, or an event. (In Venezuela, it is a derogatory term for things or people lacking refinement or style).
That shirt looks so niche on you. What a niche party.
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A person who is completely broke or lacks money at a particular moment.
That Rullío is always asking for handouts.
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A derogatory term for a person perceived as low class, uneducated, and lacking manners. (In the Dominican Republic, it is often used by those with higher social status to look down on people they consider riff raff or trashy).
I do not go to that mall, I do not like mixing with the gleba.
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A sycophant or brown-noser, specifically used to describe a blind supporter of the political movement led by Hugo Chavez (Chavismo is the socialist ideology named after the former president, whose followers are known for wearing red).
Repeating like an idiot everything that BASTARD CHAVEZ says, like all those chupabolas, ministers, and everyone you see wearing red.
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The public university where all the riff-raff of the country studies because they don't have the cash to pay for private schools like UNIBE or PUCMM. To graduate, you will have to spend at least two presidential terms there, you will struggle like hell, and the heat is brutal. (UASD refers to the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, the main public university in the Dominican Republic).
Julian: Bro, which university did you sign up for? Jose: Duh, at the UASD. Bruno: Let's go Julian, don't hang out with the riff-raff.
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