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/Sounds like "kohl" (as in "coat") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "GWAH" (as in "Guam") + "yohs" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

In Venezuela, to retire from something for good, to hang it up forever. From soccer, where a player "hangs up his cleats" at the end of their career. Now used for any final retirement.

Examples

After thirty years of work he finally hung it up for good.

I'm done with the party scene, I've retired from all that.

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Regional synonyms

Annoyed, irritated, or in a bad mood in Chile. Someone who is enhuevado has been pushed past their limit and is not hiding it. The intensity varies by context, from mildly fed up to genuinely angry, but either way they are not happy.