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

Meaning

In Colombia, a serious blunder or major screw-up that damages something or brings real consequences. A cagada is that kind of mistake that is very hard to undo.

Examples

That screw-up cost him his job.

What a disaster, I deleted the whole file by accident.

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A conceited person who acts superior to everyone around them, putting on airs of greatness without any real reason to. Can refer to a man or a woman depending on context.