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/Sounds like "FREE" (as in "free") + "oh" (as in "oh") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

A Chilean expression for extreme cold, especially common in the southern regions of the country. It is the go-to hyperbole when temperatures drop to genuinely brutal levels. "Hoyo" here is a colloquial stand-in for a very cold and unpleasant place.

Examples

In Punta Arenas it gets absolutely freezing in July, you cannot imagine it.

I stepped outside at six in the morning and it was bitterly cold.

Regional synonyms

A very strong Mexican curse phrase used to tell someone to get completely lost, expressing total rejection or extreme irritation toward them. One of the heaviest dismissals in Mexican Spanish, it goes far beyond a simple insult.