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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "lee" (as in "lead") + "YAH" (as in "yard") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

In Chile, drowning in debt and financial commitments, tied down by loans and installments you can barely keep up with. Your money is spent before you even receive it.

Examples

I'm totally buried in debt, this month my whole paycheck goes to installments.

He ended up drowning in debt after putting the wedding on a credit card.

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Regional synonyms

To put real effort and care into something so it turns out well. In Spain it's used both to compliment someone's dedication and to push them to try harder.