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

Meaning

To not have a single cent in your pocket, completely tapped out and without resources. When you're seco, your bank account is crying and you can't even afford bus fare.

Examples

I'm seco, don't even have money for the bus.

After vacation I was completely seco.

A Tico word for shoes, especially worn, beat-up, or everyday ones. "Tus cachos están hechos pedazos" means your shoes are wrecked. Also used for any casual footwear you grab without thinking before heading out. Heard daily in Costa Rica and has no exact equivalent in other Central American countries, although "cacho" means different things elsewhere in the Americas.