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/Sounds like "dohr" (as in "door") + "MEER" (as in "me") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "MOH" (as in "more") + "nah" (as in "nacho")/

Meaning

To sleep off a hangover, recovering from a night of heavy drinking by staying in bed half the day. In Argentina and Uruguay this is practically a post-party ritual, the predictable consequence of a great night out.

Examples

He is sleeping off his hangover until two in the afternoon.

I need to sleep this off, I went way too hard last night.

Regional synonyms

In Mexico, extremely hungry, starving, ravenous. It describes that level of hunger where you cannot focus on anything else and need to eat immediately, whatever is available. Stronger than just saying "I'm hungry," closer to "I'm absolutely famished."