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/Sounds like "ehm" (as in "egg") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "choh" (as in "chose")/
A stomach ailment caused by overeating, bad digestion, or eating something that didn't sit right. In Latin American folk medicine, empacho is treated with traditional massages and herbal remedies.
“The kid has a stomach ache from eating too many sweets.”
“My grandma cured my upset stomach with a belly massage.”
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A stomach ailment caused by overeating, bad digestion, or eating something that didn't sit right. In Latin American folk medicine, empacho is treated with traditional massages and herbal remedies.
“The kid has a stomach ache from eating too many sweets.”
“My grandma cured my upset stomach with a belly massage.”
Quedar tronado
To be completely broke after overspending, that state where the money is gone and payday feels impossibly far away. In Mexico, "quedar tronado" captures the specific misery of having spent everything and now having to wait it out.