Wow / alright / let's go — a reaction word with about six different jobs.
Órale is pure tone. Said with rising surprise it means "whoa." Said flat it means "okay, got it." Said with a push behind it, it means "go on, do it." Mexicans read which one you meant entirely from your voice, which is why it is almost impossible to learn from a textbook and easy to pick up from conversation.
From "ahora" (now) plus the emphatic -le ending Mexicans stick on everything: ándale, éndale, híjole, córrele.
Mexican and nowhere else. Say órale in Bogotá or Buenos Aires and everyone will know exactly which movies you learned Spanish from.
Nothing else covers this range. Spain's "venga" and Argentina's "dale" each grab about half of it.
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