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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

At maximum level, with all possible power or energy, holding nothing back. The anglicism all of Latin America adopted without a second thought to describe when something or someone is giving a hundred percent.