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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "EHR" (as in "egg") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "pah" (as in "park") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "dah" (as in "dart") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "DYEHN" + "tehs" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

To go over very badly, like a punch in the face. Used in Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico when something (a comment, a person's attitude, news) is so unacceptable that there is no softening it, no second opinion needed.

Examples

That comment hit me like a punch to the teeth.

That attitude of his really rubs me the wrong way.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de México
Bandera de Venezuela
Caer gordo

In Colombia, to be completely head over heels for someone, so smitten or infatuated that it clouds your judgment and gets in the way of everything else in your life. When you are encucado, that person is basically all you can think about.