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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BYAHR"/

Meaning

To drink alcohol, knock back some drinks, or booze it up until the night's over in Argentina. It's the most common lunfardo verb for drinking in the context of parties, pre-games, or hangouts with friends.

Examples

Let's go escabiar at Martín's place tonight.

We escabiamos until four and the next day we couldn't even move.

Wanna escabiar something or are you driving?

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Anonymous

In Mexico, to be crazy busy and working at full intensity with no time to breathe. When you are en chinga, work has you running from one thing to the next without a second to stop. The Mexican way of saying you are completely swamped and grinding nonstop.