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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

In Venezuela, to put up with or endure something annoying when you have no other choice. "Calarse" a situation means stomaching something heavy because there's no way around it.

Examples

I had to sit through three hours in line just to pay a bill.

You just have to put up with that boss even if he's unbearable.

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Regional synonyms

To laugh uncontrollably, in hysterics, until you can barely breathe. In the Southern Cone, when something makes you 'cagarte de la risa,' you've crossed from normal laughter into something physical, your body gives up on composure and the laugh takes over completely.