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A Uruguayan and Argentinian expression meaning to obsess, ruminate, amplify a problem by overthinking it. "Me di manija con eso toda la noche" means I spent the night spinning it in my head. Comes from the gesture of cranking a handle, applied metaphorically to the mind that won't stop. Used to describe that spiral of obsessive thinking that steals your sleep.
"Me di manija toda la noche. → I couldn't stop spinning it all night."
"No te des manija. → Don't overthink it."
/Sounds like "DAHR-seh mah-NEE-hah"/
A Uruguayan and Argentinian expression meaning to obsess, ruminate, amplify a problem by overthinking it. "Me di manija con eso toda la noche" means I spent the night spinning it in my head. Comes from the gesture of cranking a handle, applied metaphorically to the mind that won't stop. Used to describe that spiral of obsessive thinking that steals your sleep.
"Me di manija toda la noche. → I couldn't stop spinning it all night."
"No te des manija. → Don't overthink it."
Caña
A hangover, the miserable morning after drinking too much alcohol. In Chile and Spain, "tener caña" means you're suffering from headaches, nausea, and deep regret, that awful feeling that makes you swear you'll never drink again, until next weekend.