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/Sounds like "KOHN" (as in "coat") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "nahs" (as in "nacho")/
A Chicano and Mexican expression for doing something with full effort and no holding back. "Con ganas" is the opposite of half-assing it. Whether you are playing soccer, dancing, or studying, going at it "con ganas" means bringing everything you have. In the barrio it works as both a command and a compliment.
“Play soccer all out, man, not half-heartedly.”
“He really went for it, you could tell he wanted to do a good job.”
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/Sounds like "KOHN" (as in "coat") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "nahs" (as in "nacho")/
A Chicano and Mexican expression for doing something with full effort and no holding back. "Con ganas" is the opposite of half-assing it. Whether you are playing soccer, dancing, or studying, going at it "con ganas" means bringing everything you have. In the barrio it works as both a command and a compliment.
“Play soccer all out, man, not half-heartedly.”
“He really went for it, you could tell he wanted to do a good job.”
Hacer la pelota
To butter someone up or suck up to them with obvious, shameless flattery in order to get something in return. In Spain, hacer la pelota is almost cartoonish in its transparency: everyone around can see exactly what is happening, but the person receiving it often enjoys it anyway.