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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EH" (as in "egg") + "choh" (as in "chose") + "POHL" (as in "port") + "boh" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

To be completely wiped out, physically or emotionally destroyed. In Spain, "hecho polvo" describes an exhaustion so total there's nothing left: it applies equally to running a marathon and to receiving devastating news.

Examples

I'm completely wrecked after the marathon, I can't even get up.

The news she received left her shattered for days.

Regional synonyms

A person with curly or wavy hair in Mexico. It has absolutely nothing to do with China or ethnicity, it's simply the Mexican way of describing someone whose hair isn't straight.