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/Sounds like "EER" (as in "eagle") + "seh" (as in "set") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "bah" (as in "bar") + "REH" (as in "red") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

To have diarrhea, the Spanish colloquial way of describing that inconvenient intestinal state that ruins any plan you had for the day.

Examples

I got the runs after eating at that beach bar.

Be careful with the water in that country, you might end up with the runs.

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Regional synonyms

A funny person or situation that gets people laughing. Across Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, and Spain, a chistoso has natural comic timing and never has to try too hard. They always know when to land the joke.