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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "nyah" (as in "Nyan") + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

In Mexico, someone who had to wake up very early and is walking around sleepy, stiff, and in a bad mood from the lack of rest. Being desmañanado is the price of forced early rising.

Examples

I'm completely out of it, I got up at four to catch the bus.

Don't talk to him yet, he woke up too early and is in a bad mood.

Regional synonyms

In Puerto Rico, to front: showing off things you don't actually have to impress people. Someone who frontea lives for the image and the pose, with nothing real behind it.