chupar faros
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to suck lighthouses." It originated during the Mexican Revolution, when prisoners who were about to be executed were allowed to smoke a cigarette as a last wish. "Faros" (literally, "Lighthouses") brand cigarettes were especially popular at the time.
chupar faros
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to die or stop working) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. to bite the dust (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Estoy agüitado porque ayer mi lap chupó faros.I'm bummed because my laptop bit the dust yesterday.
Órale, creo que tus tenis ya chuparon faros.Wow, I think your sneakers have bitten the dust.
b. to give up the ghost (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Ayer mi carro chupó faros. - ¿A poco sí?My car gave up the ghost yesterday. - Really?
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