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Create account/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "chee" (as in "cheek") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "pah" (as in "park") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To feel deflated, discouraged, or emotionally crushed, like shrinking inside yourself. A deeply Mexican word for that feeling when someone or something makes you feel small and powerless. Think of it as losing all your confidence in one hit.
“Don't get discouraged, you can still pass the exam if you study.”
“He completely deflated when they told him he was useless.”
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To feel deflated, discouraged, or emotionally crushed, like shrinking inside yourself. A deeply Mexican word for that feeling when someone or something makes you feel small and powerless. Think of it as losing all your confidence in one hit.
“Don't get discouraged, you can still pass the exam if you study.”
“He completely deflated when they told him he was useless.”
Le cayó el veinte
The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.