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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "lee" (as in "lead") + "DOH" (as in "door") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

Someone who's really skilled, talented, or does things with impressive ease and quality. In Mexico it's the ultimate compliment for someone who makes the hard stuff look effortless.

Examples

He's super skilled at fixing cars, he can repair anything.

She's really talented at cooking, everything she makes is amazing.

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Regional synonyms

A confused, disorganized mess of ideas, arguments, or elements thrown together with no coherence. When a meeting, plan, or explanation is a sancocho, nothing connects and no one can make sense of it. The word borrows from the name of the hearty stew: everything gets thrown in at once.