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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

A major screw-up or monumental blunder that's hard to recover from. Used when someone does something so badly that the consequences are inevitable and extremely difficult to overcome, like a catastrophic mistake with long-lasting repercussions.

Examples

The cagada was sending the message to the wrong person.

You made a cagada with that, now we gotta fix it.

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Regional synonyms

A cockfighting arena or the main concert stage at a regional fair in Mexico. The palenque is the beating heart of action at Mexican ferias, whether you are watching roosters fight or catching a famous banda or norteño act. Both meanings carry the same rowdy, electric crowd energy.