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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "greh" (as in "grade") + "EER" (as in "eagle")/

Meaning

To spoil someone too much in Peru, especially kids, giving them everything they ask for without setting limits. Engreír is pampering with so much love that the person becomes demanding and unbearable.

Examples

Don't spoil him so much or he won't listen.

He's super spoiled, they give him everything he wants.

Regional synonyms

Argentine slang for something completely outrageous, over the top, or beyond all expectations, for better or worse. In Río de la Plata usage the clinical connotation is gone: delirio describes anything that stands far outside the norm.