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/Sounds like "BREH" (as in "bread") + "kah" (as in "car")/
Chicano Spanglish for car brakes, borrowed from English "brake." Common in U.S. Latino communities when talking about cars.
“Hit the brakes, there's a stop sign coming up.”
“My brakes are squealing, gotta take it to the mechanic's place.”
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/Sounds like "BREH" (as in "bread") + "kah" (as in "car")/
Chicano Spanglish for car brakes, borrowed from English "brake." Common in U.S. Latino communities when talking about cars.
“Hit the brakes, there's a stop sign coming up.”
“My brakes are squealing, gotta take it to the mechanic's place.”
Encarrerado
In Colombia, someone completely locked in on their work or project, in full productivity mode. When a person gets "encarrerado," they tunnel in so hard that nothing else exists: no breaks, no distractions, not even food.