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/Sounds like "KAH" (as in "car") + "chohs" (as in "chose")/

Meaning

A Tico word for shoes, especially worn, beat-up, or everyday ones. "Tus cachos están hechos pedazos" means your shoes are wrecked. Also used for any casual footwear you grab without thinking before heading out. Heard daily in Costa Rica and has no exact equivalent in other Central American countries, although "cacho" means different things elsewhere in the Americas.

Examples

I'm buying new shoes.

Put on the old shoes to wash the car.

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Regional synonyms

In Colombia, to pick a fight or provoke others with an aggressive, arrogant attitude. Someone who aletea goes around stirring up trouble, throwing challenges, and acting tough for no reason.