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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "seh" (as in "set") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "LEE" (as in "lead") + "koo" (as in "cool") + "lah" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

In Chile, to make up a whole story in your head or jump to wild conclusions that have nothing to do with reality. The person who "se hace la película" is writing a drama that doesn't exist.

Examples

Don't go building a whole fantasy, we just went for coffee as friends.

He got in his head that he was going to get promoted and it wasn't happening at all.

Regional synonyms

A hard, heavy hit that really hurts. In Mexico it can also mean a brutal cold or flu that knocks you out, 'me dio un trancazo' means I got hit hard by sickness.