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/Sounds like "ehm" (as in "egg") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "rreen" + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

In Mexico, to throw a tantrum, get stubbornly fixated on something, and refuse to listen to reason - typical of kids but adults too. To emberrincharse is to dig your heels in and throw a fit.

Examples

The kid emberrinchó in the toy store because they wouldn't buy him the car.

He got emberrinchado with the idea and nobody could make him change his mind.

Regional synonyms

Sounds like the English word "dreamer." An undocumented young person who arrived in the U.S. as a child and grew up there, temporarily protected by DACA. From the DREAM Act, it's a political and community identity in Latino neighborhoods.