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/Sounds like "ehm" (as in "egg") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "LAHR" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To get drunk, to hit the bottle and let it take you somewhere better. In Colombia, embolar is a casual and colorful way to describe getting tipsy or full-on wasted, no judgment attached, just an honest description of a Friday night gone right.

Examples

This weekend I'm getting drunk with my friends.

He got so wasted he didn't remember anything the next day.

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Regional synonyms

To have persistent, chronic bad luck, as if the universe has something personal against you. The person with mala pata always shows up at the wrong place at the worst possible moment.