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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "FLAH" (as in "flat") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

A crazy or eccentric person who does things out of the ordinary. Used playfully across Latin America and Spain to describe someone with wild ideas or unpredictable behavior. It is usually lighthearted, more like calling someone a weirdo or a nutcase than actually questioning their sanity.

Examples

That dude is totally nuts, he jumped off the roof into the pool.

Don't pay attention to him, he's a nutcase.

Regional synonyms

In Cuba, a state of total collapse: broke, physically wrecked, emotionally drained, or all three at once. From "escachar" meaning to crush or crumble, applied to anyone running completely on empty with nothing left to give.