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Bandera de México

/ee-mah-hee-NAR-seh el PEH-ee-neh/

To imagine things that aren't there, to assume without any real evidence. In Mexico and Central America imaginar el peine means you're constructing a whole story in your head with zero basis in fact.

Example

"Stop making things up — he didn't say anything bad about you."

"You're imagining things again — calm down."

Regional synonyms:

Resaca o malestar del día después de beber demasiado alcohol. En Chile y España es esa sensación horrible de dolor de cabeza y náuseas que te hace jurar que nunca vas a volver a tomar.