arriba de la pelota
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “arriba de la pelota” mean?
drunk
Example
“Llegó a la casa arriba de la pelota.”
He got home drunk.
Good to know
Literally "on top of the ball".
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: borracho
More from Chile
- carreteparty, night out
- copetealcoholic drink
- pasarlo chanchoto have a blast
- carretearto party, to go out
- piscolapisco and cola, Chile’s party drink
- terremoto"earthquake": white wine, pineapple ice cream and grenadine
- fondaparty tent for the September national holidays
- el bajónthe munchies; late-night junk food
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