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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "gahn" (as in "garden") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/

Meaning

To get emotionally hooked on someone in Argentina, unable to let go or move on. When you get enganchado with someone, that person occupies your mind 24/7 and you can't help obsessing over every little detail.

Examples

She got really hooked on the guy from college.

Don't get hooked so fast, get to know him first.

An affectionate term for someone of indigenous or humble Andean origin, used in Bolivia and Peru. Between lifelong friends from the same community it carries real warmth, but the same word can feel loaded with class and race dynamics when said by an outsider. Tone and relationship change everything.