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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "cheem" (as in "cheek") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To get furiously angry, to explode with rage over something that pushed you over the edge. In Venezuela and Central America, when someone se encachimba, everyone notices because their face and voice give it away instantly.

Examples

He got encachimbado when he saw the restaurant bill.

Don't get encachimbado, it was an accident.

Word family

A compliment tossed at someone in public, usually about their looks. In Spanish-speaking cultures, piropos range from poetic verses to blunt flattery. How welcome they are depends entirely on context and tone: street piropos are increasingly seen as unwanted in big cities.