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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "nyeh" + "TAHR" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

To damage, break, or completely wreck something in Venezuela. When something gets "escoñetado" it's totally useless, destroyed, and not easily fixable.

Examples

He dropped his phone and completely trashed it.

Don't touch that or you'll break it.

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Regional synonyms

A cell phone in all of Latin America, the device without which modern humanity can't survive five minutes. In Spain they say "móvil," but south of the border it's celular, end of discussion.