cabulear
To dodge or avoid a duty or obligation by using lies or making up excuses.
He has owed me money for three months but he keeps cabuleando me.
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Tag: embaucar
Definitions tagged embaucar in the street dictionary.
PerúTumbar
To swipe something or rip someone off.
1. Pepe me tumbó the bike. 2. Pablo me tumbó when he sold me a watch that does not work.
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República Dominicanapego
Used for something that passes for better than it is, or looks genuine despite being cheap or flawed. To dar el pego is to dress something up or hide its defects to make it more acceptable, originating from the word for a physical patch or repair (pegote).
That flea market jacket da el pego, it looks like it is high quality. He talks so pompously that he da el pego, it seems like he actually knows what he is talking about.
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