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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To be scared out of your wits, to experience a sudden and intense fright. Widely used across Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, this very colloquial phrase captures the kind of panic that makes your heart drop in an instant.
“I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw the snake right there in the middle of the path.”
“He completely panicked about the chemistry exam because he had not studied anything.”
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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To be scared out of your wits, to experience a sudden and intense fright. Widely used across Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, this very colloquial phrase captures the kind of panic that makes your heart drop in an instant.
“I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw the snake right there in the middle of the path.”
“He completely panicked about the chemistry exam because he had not studied anything.”
Misia
A woman who is flat broke in Peru, completely penniless until the next paycheck. The feminine form of "misio," said without drama.