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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "rrahn" + "KAH" (as in "car") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Flat broke, without a single cent, not even enough for bus fare. Used in Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico to describe being completely tapped out until the next paycheck.

Examples

I'm arrancado until they pay me next week.

After the holidays we were all arrancados.

Hungover, suffering through the after-effects of the previous night's drinking. In Colombia the "guayabo" collects everything you drank the night before, with full interest. Being enguayabado is a full-body reminder that last night was probably a bad idea.