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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "MEHR" (as in "met") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "RAY" (as in "ray")/

Meaning

To eat extremely well, with great quality and abundance, like royalty with nothing missing from the plate. The ultimate compliment for a meal that leaves you completely full and spoiled. Used across Latin America and Spain whenever a meal genuinely exceeds expectations.

Examples

At that restaurant you eat like a king and it doesn't even cost as much as you'd expect.

Today we ate like royalty at my grandma's, she cooked everything.

Regional synonyms

To do a job sloppily, incompetently, or without the skill needed to do it right. In Mexico and Central America, chambonear is the verb for the clumsy execution that produces work everyone has to fix afterwards.