A traffic jam — not food.
Daily Santiago vocabulary: *hay taco en la Costanera*, there’s a jam on the Costanera. *Quedé en el taco* means I got stuck in traffic. It also still means a shoe heel.
From *taco* as a plug or stopper. The traffic is stoppered.
Order *tacos* in Chile expecting Mexican food and you will confuse everyone.
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