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Tag: rebeldía

Definitions tagged rebeldía in the street dictionary.

chancletazo

A smack or hit delivered with a flip-flop or sandal, commonly used as a form of discipline or sometimes jokingly (in Venezuela, flip-flops are also known as cotizas).

Look here kid, I am going to give you a chancletazo. / You earned a chancletazo for being so rebellious.

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El coco

A boogeyman figure used to scare children into behaving by telling them that he will come to take them away or eat them, instilling fear from a young age (this mythological being is a common parental tool used to enforce obedience across Latin America).

1. I don't want to eat, Mom! If you don't eat, El coco will come and take you away. 2. You can't stay home alone, you little brat, don't you see El coco will come and eat you!

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