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

Meaning

A greedy person who eats too much or wants to keep everything for themselves without sharing. In Mexico, 'atascado' is the glutton who leaves nothing for anyone else.

Examples

Don't be atascado, leave some food for everyone else.

He's super atascado with money, wants it all for himself.

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Regional synonyms

To move on from something in the past and keep going without holding a grudge. The emotional equivalent of closing a chapter: you acknowledge what happened and then deliberately leave it behind. Common across Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.