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Literally 'to make contacts', but used colloquially to mean leveraging a relationship strategically, sometimes with a self-serving or slightly cynical tone. In this context it is used as a humorous euphemism for using someone.

Common throughout Latin America. The verb 'saltarse' here means to skip over something, not to jump physically. Often used in everyday complaints about fairness.

A common conversational phrase that can be genuine or lightly sarcastic depending on tone and context. The sarcastic reading is very common in informal speech.

A widely used euphemism for dying across Latin America. Humorous or irreverent in tone. Literally 'to stretch the leg/paw'. Used in casual speech, never in formal or solemn contexts.

Used in the fixed phrase 'mira el lado positivo' (look on the bright side). Compositionally transparent in isolation, but functions as a fixed conversational formula encouraging optimism.