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Tag: mensaje

Definitions tagged mensaje in the street dictionary.

Tirar una perdida

To give someone a missed call as a signal or notification. (In Panama, this is a common way to let someone know you have arrived or to share your phone number without using call credit).

Give me a tiras una perdida when you get home, love. He is always tirándome perdidas but never actually calls. That guy is such a jerk.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Tú no eres la guial de la foto

A phrase popularized by a Panamanian reggae song used when meeting someone from social media and realizing they look nothing like their profile pictures. (The word guial is a local adaptation of the English word girl, common in Panamanian urban culture).

A: Dude, how did it go with the girl you were going to meet? B: Bro, that guial was not the guial de la foto, she was a total dog, dude.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

grafiti

A drawing or piece of writing made on a wall in the street.

This part of the city is full of grafitis and the local government has decided to leave them as a tourist attraction.

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Perúby HUVE84

emilio

A slang term for an e-mail. It is a play on words using the common male name Emilio because of its phonetic similarity to the English word.

Send me an emilio with the party details.

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Perúby HUVE84

msn

Short for mensaje (message), used to save space when typing, especially in text messages to avoid character limits.

This msn is to remind you about the meal at 8:30.

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Méxicoby Anónimo