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Órale, today we’re going to focus on the Caló expression, eeee. Of course, it doesn’t come from any particular word or language. It’s merely an…

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Órale, the onda this week of Caló is bola. In Spanish, it means ball, but in Caló it has many different meanings. Bola means street, street life or anything having to do with streets, like mobs and prowling on the street. A once-popular expression for an errant son or daughter is that they went off to the bola. It also means a bump or crash, as in bolas— he hit the wall! Bola is also what’s used to denominate currency, like the dollar or peso. Ten dollars is 10 bolas.