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echarle bolas
🇻🇪 Spanish slang from Venezuela
What does “echarle bolas” mean?
to give it your all (crude)
Example
“Hay que echarle bolas para terminar hoy.”
We've got to give it everything to finish today.
Good to know
Crude but very common.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: esforzarse
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