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/Sounds like "seh" (as in "set") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To get completely hooked on something and go all in, to the point where you can barely stop. In Spain, "cebarse" describes that state of total absorption where you binge-watch a show, grind a game, or go overboard at the gym. The equivalent of being obsessed or going too hard on something.

Examples

I got totally hooked on this show and I've been watching for eight hours straight.

She got obsessed with the gym and now goes twice a day.

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/Sounds like "seh" (as in "set") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To pick on someone who's already beaten or to obsessively dedicate yourself to something in Spain. When you won't let go of your target or your activity and keep going until someone tells you to stop.

Examples

He's been picking on the new kid nonstop.

I got hooked on this game and I've been playing for 8 hours.

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/Sounds like "seh" (as in "set") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To go overboard, overdo it, or take advantage of something or someone past the point of what's acceptable. In Argentina, when someone 'se ceba' they went way too far with a joke, action, or situation.

Examples

They went overboard with the jokes, it wasn't funny anymore.

Don't go overboard on dessert, there's enough for everyone.

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A blockhead or dimwit who makes the most basic mistakes over and over, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. A zoquete is not just clueless once: they are consistently, reliably wrong no matter how patiently you explain things.