A complicated, difficult, or messy situation. Also used to describe a stubborn person who is exhausting to deal with. When something's fregado in Mexico, there's no easy way out.

In Mexico and Central America, to be an excessive flatterer — kissing up to superiors constantly to earn favors. The andar de lambe never criticizes the boss, no matter what.

In Mexico, to thank someone in the most begrudging or minimal way possible — an acknowledgment so reluctant it almost counts as an insult. The ingratitude hidden inside a technically adequate thank you.

In Latin American street slang, to kill someone. Can also mean to go broke financially — but in criminal contexts it means eliminating someone permanently.