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echar pa'lante
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “echar pa'lante” mean?
to push on, to get ahead
Example
“Hay que echar pa'lante, no queda otra.”
You've got to push on, there's no other way.
Good to know
"Pa'lante" is "para adelante", forwards.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
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The textbook way to say it: salir adelante
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