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/Sounds like "DEH" (as in "debt") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "kees" (as in "keep")/

Meaning

Free, for nothing, at zero cost, or done for absolutely no reason at all. In Mexico, de oquis is the casual way to say something was complimentary or happened for no apparent purpose. You got it for free? De oquis. They did it for no reason? También de oquis.

Examples

They gave me the ticket for free.

He started yelling for absolutely no reason, we didn't get it.

Regional synonyms

A clumsy mistake or sloppy job that shows the person had no idea what they were doing. A chambonada is the botched repair that makes things worse, the typo in the official document, or the costly blunder that ruins the whole project.