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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
To be angry or furious in Costa Rica, the Tico way of expressing that someone's on the verge of an emotional explosion. When someone's chiva, you'd better not talk to them or even look their way.
“He's furious because they lost his luggage.”
“Don't talk to her, she's mad at the whole world.”
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To be angry or furious in Costa Rica, the Tico way of expressing that someone's on the verge of an emotional explosion. When someone's chiva, you'd better not talk to them or even look their way.
“He's furious because they lost his luggage.”
“Don't talk to her, she's mad at the whole world.”
Quedar tronado
To be completely broke after overspending, that state where the money is gone and payday feels impossibly far away. In Mexico, "quedar tronado" captures the specific misery of having spent everything and now having to wait it out.