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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "EHR" (as in "egg") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "BAYN" (as in "bay") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

To finally understand something you had not grasped before, that lightbulb moment when the pieces finally click in your head. The phrase comes from old vending machines in Mexico where you had to drop a 20 centavo coin and wait for it to fall and register. So when "el veinte cae," it means the realization has finally landed.

Examples

It took me explaining it three times before it finally clicked for him.

It finally hit me that he was cheating on me when I saw the messages.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Perú
Manyas

To flirt without commitment, to be in that limbo with someone where you're not together but not just friends either. The classic 'we have a thing but we're nothing official.'.