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/Sounds like "eh" (as in "egg") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "dehs" (as in "debt") + "MAH" (as in "mark") + "dreh" (as in "dress")/

Meaning

To party hard, act crazy, and cause fun chaos without caring about consequences in Mexico. It's the uncontrolled Mexican fun where anything goes and nobody judges anyone.

Examples

We went out to echar desmadre downtown and ended up singing in the street.

Don't echar desmadre in the house, I'm the one who cleans up.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Cuba
Bandera de República Dominicana
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de México
Bandera de El Salvador
Relajo

An informal pickup soccer game between friends, no league, no referee, just pure street football on any available patch of ground. In Costa Rica, the mejenga is a social institution: on weekends and after work, groups of Ticos gather to play for the joy of playing. No other Spanish-speaking country uses this exact word.