Enchufla

Here's the feeling: you step in, open a path, and send her through to where you were standing — then you trade places and end up face to face again. That's the enchufla. The name means "plug in / switch on" (you'll also hear ven y vira, "come and return"), and it's the single most-used building block in all of casino. Learn it once and you've quietly learned the skeleton of dozens of figures.

• Lead: Step forward on 1 to clear the lane — you're making room, not pulling her across. Pivot on 5-6-7 to swap sides and re-face her.
• Follow: Half-left turn on 1-2-3, then keep turning left through 5-6-7 to land in the swapped spot, facing back.
• Timing: Half-turn on 1-2-3, resolve on 5-6-7. You both step forward on 1.

The follow back-steps during the direction change instead of pivoting — the classic "back-rock on 5." The fix is a feeling, not a count: keep travelling around, don't bounce back. Stay turning through the swap and you finish clean and facing.

Almost always close it with a Dile Que No and you're home. And here's why it's worth drilling cold: the whole Setenta family, the Ocho, Kentucky and more are really just an enchufla wearing decorations. Get this one smooth and half the Cuban library opens up. Try it tonight: guapea → one enchufla → Dile Que No, then run it again and tack a sombrero on the end. The plain, no-turn cousin of this swap is the universal Change of Place — same idea, but the follow walks across instead of pivoting.