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Create account/Sounds like the English word "al tant" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/
In Mexico, to do something by eyeballing it, estimating roughly without measuring, trusting instinct and experience. Used for everything from seasoning food to cutting wood.
“I added the salt by feel and it came out perfectly.”
“He cut the wood by eye and it still came out perfectly straight.”
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/Sounds like the English word "al tant" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/
In Mexico, to do something by eyeballing it, estimating roughly without measuring, trusting instinct and experience. Used for everything from seasoning food to cutting wood.
“I added the salt by feel and it came out perfectly.”
“He cut the wood by eye and it still came out perfectly straight.”
Clavado
Very focused, absorbed, or interested in something to the point of ignoring everything else. In Mexico, clavado means being completely immersed in an activity.