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/Sounds like the English word "bug" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To freeze up or blank out suddenly, like your brain just crashed. Borrowed from tech slang ("bug"), it describes the moment a person goes blank mid-conversation or doesn't know how to react. Widely used across Spanish-speaking countries among younger speakers.
“I totally blanked on the exam question and couldn't write anything.”
“When she told me, my brain just crashed and I couldn't respond.”
/Sounds like the English word "bug" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
When a program, app, or video game glitches and behaves erratically and unexpectedly. Also used for people who get confused, freeze up, or act weird as if their brain just crashed.
“The app bugged out and I lost all my data.”
“I bugged out on that question and didn't know what to say.”
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/Sounds like the English word "bug" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To freeze up or blank out suddenly, like your brain just crashed. Borrowed from tech slang ("bug"), it describes the moment a person goes blank mid-conversation or doesn't know how to react. Widely used across Spanish-speaking countries among younger speakers.
“I totally blanked on the exam question and couldn't write anything.”
“When she told me, my brain just crashed and I couldn't respond.”
/Sounds like the English word "bug" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
When a program, app, or video game glitches and behaves erratically and unexpectedly. Also used for people who get confused, freeze up, or act weird as if their brain just crashed.
“The app bugged out and I lost all my data.”
“I bugged out on that question and didn't know what to say.”
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Guate
In Ecuador, a close and trusted friend, someone who has been there through everything. Guate likely shares roots with the Mexican cuate (from Nahuatl coatl, meaning twin), both words pointing to a bond as tight as family.