How do you say ‘Bro’ in Latin America?

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Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain listens to a journalist's question as he attends a media conference ahead of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 12, 2015.

¿Cómo se dice 'bro'?

Pictoline, a visual site for news and information, shared this map with the different ways people in Latin American countries say 'bro', short for brother in English. While in Mexico they use wey and pata in Peru, it's pana in Venezuela and parce in Colombia.

Take a look, and let us know how you say it where you're from:

The Bromap
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