Armar un pancho

A pancho is a scene that you cause someone. The word seems to come up often when talking about relationship problems, jealousy or arguments in public.

• No tiene la cara para verme por el pancho que me hizo. He doesn't have the nerve to face me after the scene he made.
• No me hagas panchos ahorita. Don't start with me! ¡No empieces!
• Deja de hacer panchos.. Don't be so dramatic.
• No seas panchero. Don't be so dramatic.

As you can see from these examples, you can use pancho with either hacer or armar.

Armar

Armar un plan means make a plan. Here is it a synonym for hacer.

• Yo tengo todo el plan súper armado. I have everything all planned out.
• ¿Qué día armamos algo? What day shall we get together?

More literally, armar means assemble, with desarmar working for the opposite, disassemble. Armar un mueble = put a piece of furniture together.

Escándalo, numerito, relajo

As we saw with pancho, the verb armar can be used for talking about creating problems. Let's look at some examples.

• No vayas a armar un escándalo. Don't create a scene, for example, in a restaurant.
• Armarme un numerito. Embarrass me, for example, in front of the other parents.
• Armar relajo. Create a lot of noise, chaos, mess, etc.

Francisco

Before we leave the subject, don't forget that Pancho, along with Paco, is a common nickname for Francisco.