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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.”
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To be cheating on your partner, sneaking around with someone else behind their back. In Argentina this is the blunt, no-sugarcoating way to say someone is being unfaithful, hooking up on the side without getting caught.