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/Sounds like 'ma-cha-KAR'/

In Spain and across the Spanish-speaking world, to repeat something obsessively — hammering the same point over and over until everyone around you is exhausted. Also means to physically crush something.

Example

"My coach hammered the same technique every single day until it was perfect."

"She kept going on about the same topic all afternoon."

Regional synonyms:

Falso, de mala calidad, pirata o que no es genuino. En Venezuela y Colombia se usa para describir productos, situaciones e incluso excusas que no convencen.