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To breeze through something with ease and speed, finishing it as if it required no effort at all. In Colombia, when you descachetaste a task or exam, it turned out way easier than expected and you knocked it out fast.
“Me descacheté ese examen en veinte minutos, estaba facilísimo.”
“I breezed through that exam in twenty minutes, it was incredibly easy.”
“Nos descachetamos el proyecto en una tarde.”
“We knocked out the whole project in one afternoon.”
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In Colombia, to slap someone hard across the face, usually as a sharp reaction to disrespect. It is a forceful, open-handed hit to the cheek, the kind that signals a line has been crossed.
“Le descachetó bien duro por haberle faltado el respeto.”
“He slapped him hard for disrespecting him.”
“Si te vuelvo a escuchar así, te descacheto.”
“If I hear you talking like that again, you're getting a slap.”
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To breeze through something with ease and speed, finishing it as if it required no effort at all. In Colombia, when you descachetaste a task or exam, it turned out way easier than expected and you knocked it out fast.
“Me descacheté ese examen en veinte minutos, estaba facilísimo.”
“I breezed through that exam in twenty minutes, it was incredibly easy.”
“Nos descachetamos el proyecto en una tarde.”
“We knocked out the whole project in one afternoon.”
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In Colombia, to slap someone hard across the face, usually as a sharp reaction to disrespect. It is a forceful, open-handed hit to the cheek, the kind that signals a line has been crossed.
“Le descachetó bien duro por haberle faltado el respeto.”
“He slapped him hard for disrespecting him.”
“Si te vuelvo a escuchar así, te descacheto.”
“If I hear you talking like that again, you're getting a slap.”
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Guayacán
In Colombia, calling someone a guayacán is the highest kind of compliment: they are unbreakable. The word comes from the guayacán tree, famous for its incredibly hard wood and long life. This person has faced hardship, stayed standing, and kept going.