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Tag: flexible

Definitions tagged flexible in the street dictionary.

Alcahueta

A person who indulges others, especially children, by constantly giving in to their demands or letting them get away with bad behavior. (In Colombia, this is often used for grandparents or parents who spoil kids and do not set boundaries).

You are such an alcahueta with your nephew! Why do you alcahueteas his whims? What an alcahueta grandmother you got in this life, why do you alcahueteas his behavior?

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pingoya

the uppermost branches or the very tip of a tree (commonly used in Northern Spain).

Scrambling up into the pingoya: to reach the very top, to climb. Figuratively: to climb the social ladder.

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