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/Sounds like "choh" (as in "chose") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To be completely head-over-heels for someone, acting silly and lovesick with zero self-control. When you're chocheando, you forgive everything, brag about them constantly, and your friends start rolling their eyes at how gone you are.

Examples

Está chocheando con esa chava desde que la conoció.

He's been head over heels for that girl since he met her.

She had us all sick of how lovesick she was about her boyfriend.

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Encamotado

Completely broke, without a single peso to your name. In Mexico, "pelangoche" is a playful, slightly humorous way to admit you are flat out of money, usually after a vacation, a night out, or just the end of a tough month. The word makes being broke sound almost endearing.