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/Sounds like 'kah-EHR-seh el VEYN-teh'/

To finally understand something that should have been obvious a long time ago. From the old coin-operated phones where it sometimes took a moment for the coin to drop — that delayed 'aha' moment is universal Mexican experience.

Example

"He finally realized they'd been using him."

"It finally hit me that I'd been lied to from the start."

Regional synonyms:

Persona de comportamiento vulgar, asociada con actitud callejera y mala educación. En Chile es un término despectivo que describe un estereotipo social específico.