In Spanish, to lose your mind from pressure or frustration — or alternatively, to get wildly excited and enthusiastic about something. The same phrase covers both madness and passionate joy.

To finally understand something that should have been obvious a long time ago. From the old coin-operated phones where it sometimes took a moment for the coin to drop — that delayed 'aha' moment is universal Mexican experience.

Emotional or behavioral boundaries that one establishes to protect their well-being. The key word in all modern therapy.

To make someone nervous, raise suspicion, or give off a bad vibe. When something escama you, it sets off an internal alarm — something's off, even if you can't name exactly what it is.