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/Sounds like "ee" (as in "eagle") + "gwah" (as in "Guam") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

Someone who oversteps social boundaries and acts way too familiar with people they barely know. In Latin American cultures where hierarchy and social distance matter, being called igualada is a real insult: it means you are acting as if you have a closeness or status you have not earned.

Examples

That woman is so presumptuous, you barely greet her and she is already telling you her whole life story.

Don't overstep with your boss, treat him the way he deserves.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Colombia
Parejero

A scatterbrained or impulsive person who acts without thinking and consistently makes a mess of things through pure recklessness. In Colombia and Venezuela, the atolondrado is always rushing but somehow always the last to arrive, with everything upside down and no idea what went wrong.