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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "loh" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

A beat-up old car that barely holds together, rattling at every traffic light and leaking smoke from somewhere. In Uruguay and Argentina the cachilo is a humble but beloved vehicle. It looks terrible but somehow keeps running, and that earns it a certain affection.

Examples

He rolls up in that clunker that smokes from every panel and rattles at every light.

I bought a secondhand beater and it lasted me over ten years.

Regional synonyms

To have sex. A blunt, colloquial term widely used in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia. In the Southern Cone it appears frequently in popular music lyrics and everyday casual conversation among adults, carrying less taboo weight than its directness might suggest elsewhere.