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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "lee" (as in "lead") + "GEH" (as in "get") + "bah" (as in "bar")/

Meaning

Extreme laziness, deep sluggishness, or the kind of boredom that paralyzes you completely in Venezuela. "Caligüeva" is that heavy, bone-deep apathy where even getting off the couch feels impossible.

Examples

I'm so lazy I don't even feel like cooking.

This Monday hit me with serious dead-weight laziness.

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Regional synonyms

A neighborhood tough who struts around acting brave and threatening but has nothing real behind the posturing. In Argentine and Uruguayan lunfardo, the compadrito is a classic figure tied to early tango culture: the flashy brawler who intimidates on his block but is ultimately all swagger and no substance.