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Tag: presente

Definitions tagged presente in the street dictionary.

borrón y cuenta nueva

A popular idiom used to signal a fresh start from zero, moving forward by forgetting or disregarding previous conflicts or events. (Literally: erasure and a new account.)

That is it, what is done is done. Let's do borrón y cuenta nueva.

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pavadita

A small, inexpensive gift or souvenir. It is common to bring back pavaditas from trips for friends and family as a modest gesture.

"Wow, thanks! 'Souvenir from Mar del Plata.' The little sea lion is beautiful!" "You are welcome. Yeah, just a pavadita." (Mar del Plata is a major Argentine beach resort town where sea lion statues are a famous landmark.)

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Horca

A gift given to someone for their birthday or saint's day (the feast day of the saint a person is named after).

Man! He has a ton of horca for his birthday.

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