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/Sounds like "EHN" (as in "egg") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "KEEN" (as in "keep") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "yah" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

A Mexican expression for being completely broke, in the worst possible financial situation with zero resources. Poverty taken to the extreme, delivered with dark humor.

Examples

After the holidays I was en la quinta chilla - not even bus fare.

They're en la quinta chilla but still flexing on social media.

Regional synonyms

A slow, clumsy, or sluggish person who takes forever to do anything. A mole has no sense of urgency and will happily waste enormous amounts of time on tasks that others finish in minutes.