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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "moh" (as in "more") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

To be intensely in love with someone in Peru, to the point of not being able to think about anything else. It comes from "camote" (sweet potato) and describes that obsessive love that has you trapped and texting at 3 AM.

Examples

He's encamotado with his coworker.

I can't focus, I'm totally encamotado.

In Mexico, a soccer player who dives and dramatically exaggerates contact to fool the referee into calling a foul. The word literally means "diver" as in Olympic diving, which perfectly captures the theatrical plunge to the ground over the slightest touch. Mexico's word for a flopper.