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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "MYEH" + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

To feel extreme fear, to be completely terrified. It's a vulgar but widely used expression across the Spanish-speaking world for describing genuine terror.

Examples

I cagué de miedo watching that horror movie.

We all cagamos de miedo when the lights went out in the basement.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
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Someone with wild, messy, or disheveled hair sticking out in every direction. In Guatemala and Honduras, pelibuche describes someone who clearly just rolled out of bed and has not looked in a mirror yet.