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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TREHS" (as in "tread") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "MEEL" (as in "me") + "deh" (as in "debt") + "MOH" (as in "more") + "nyohs"/

Meaning

Extreme, overwhelming stress in Spain, the kind that makes you feel like everything is collapsing at once. The hyperbolic "of a thousand demons" is a classic peninsular Spanish formula for intensifying any negative state to its absolute maximum.

Examples

I've had insane stress from work for a whole week.

Those kids give the teacher a thousand headaches.

Regional synonyms

Stressed out, overwhelmed, with way too many responsibilities piling up on you. In Spain, agobiado is the standard response when everything hits you at once.