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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "kah" (as in "car") + "cheem" (as in "cheek") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To completely wreck or smash something beyond repair. In El Salvador and Honduras, "descachimbar" is the go-to word for the most extreme level of physical destruction. Also used figuratively for plans or projects that fall apart entirely.
“Se cayó el televisor y quedó descachimbado.”
“The TV fell and got completely smashed.”
“Si sigues así vas a descachimbar todo el proyecto.”
“Keep it up and you will destroy the whole project.”
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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "kah" (as in "car") + "cheem" (as in "cheek") + "BAHR" (as in "bar")/
To completely wreck or smash something beyond repair. In El Salvador and Honduras, "descachimbar" is the go-to word for the most extreme level of physical destruction. Also used figuratively for plans or projects that fall apart entirely.
“Se cayó el televisor y quedó descachimbado.”
“The TV fell and got completely smashed.”
“Si sigues así vas a descachimbar todo el proyecto.”
“Keep it up and you will destroy the whole project.”
Sazón
That special, irreplaceable quality someone brings to their cooking that makes it unlike anything else. A talent that cannot be taught or copied: you either have good sazon or your food falls flat. Deeply tied to culinary identity across Latin America.