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lámpara

🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia

What does “lámpara” mean?

show-off, attention-seeker

Example

“No sea lámpara, bájele al volumen.”
Don't be a show-off, turn it down.

Good to know

Literally "lamp": always wanting the light on him.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

🙄 Teasing

The textbook way to say it: presumido

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