echar la foca
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “echar la foca” mean?
to tell someone off
Example
“El jefe me echó la foca por llegar tarde.”
The boss told me off for being late.
Good to know
Literally "to throw the seal".
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
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The textbook way to say it: regañar
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