Colombia
Parche
A hangout, a plan or the group you do it with — in Colombia, the answer to 'what are we doing?'
Related lesson: Colombian Spanish — A Survival Guide.
Hear it in context
¿Hay parche para este fin de semana?
Is there anything on this weekend?
Me voy de parche con mis amigos.
I'm going out with my friends.
Ese parche de la universidad es muy buena gente.
That university crowd is really nice.
What It Actually Means
Parche is a Colombian word for the plan and for the people. ¿Cuál es el parche? asks “what are we doing?”; mi parche is your group of friends.
The Family
- Parchar — to hang out: vamos a parchar.
- Parcero — a friend: parcero.
Common Pitfall
Outside Colombia parche will usually be understood only as “patch”, as in a patch on a tyre or a plaster. If you say hay parche elsewhere, expect confusion.
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