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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "RREE" + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A mobile street food cart on wheels that rolls through the streets selling all kinds of food. From hot dogs to elotes and esquites, the carrito is the mobile kitchen feeding the people at any hour.

Examples

The hot dogs from the carrito are amazing.

He set up a taco cart and business is good.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Venezuela
Chiringo

A Mexican expression for someone who's freaked out, disoriented, or mentally somewhere else. The literal idea is being 'pulled out of your wavelength,' as if your brain got disconnected from reality for a moment. It describes anyone reacting weirdly, losing their train of thought, or just acting off.