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/Sounds like "eh" (as in "egg") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "MEH" (as in "met") + "nohs" (as in "note")/

Meaning

To miss someone or something that is not with you anymore. The Spanish phrase for that bittersweet ache of absence and longing. Used widely in Spain and the Southern Cone as the natural way to express missing people or times gone by.

Examples

I miss you, come back soon.

I miss the summers of my childhood, when everything was simpler.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de República Dominicana
Bandera de Puerto Rico
Guayar

To touch something or someone repeatedly and without permission, in an intrusive or disrespectful way. In Argentina and Uruguay, the person who toquetea cannot keep their hands to themselves, whether it is poking at someone else's belongings or invading personal space.