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/Sounds like "KAH" (as in "car") + "chye"/

Meaning

'You get it?', 'you follow?', 'you know what I mean?', a Chilean filler tacked onto the end of every sentence to check if the other person is following the conversation.

Examples

We gotta get there early, cachai?

It's like a type of pizza but different, cachai.

I don't like that thing, cachai what I'm saying?

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Regional synonyms

To completely upend the rules or the established order, usually abruptly. In Argentina and Uruguay, patear el tablero means blowing up what was agreed in order to start fresh, flipping the whole board over when a process has stalled or when someone decides the current setup simply is not working.