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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "pee" (as in "pea") + "ROH" (as in "row") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

From old Spanish: the capirote was the conical hat the Inquisition put on people accused of ignorance. In Colombia, it describes someone who is slow to understand what everyone else already figured out a while ago.

Examples

Do not be so clueless. They explained how it works to you three times already.

The clueless one on the team sent the report to the client before reviewing it.

Regional synonyms

Being drunk or heavily intoxicated in Mexico. Having the "jarra" on means you have been drinking hard and it shows.