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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "RREH" + "ah" (as in "art")/

Meaning

Patience and tolerance for putting up with difficult situations or complicated people without snapping. In Colombia and Venezuela, when your "correa" runs out, you have nothing left to give and the explosion is imminent.

Examples

You need a lot of patience to work with that person.

His patience ran out and he blew up in the meeting.

Regional synonyms

In Puerto Rico, something perfect, crystal-clear, or that went exactly as planned. When everything lands just right and there's nothing to fix, it's nitido.