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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "seh" (as in "set") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "FOON" (as in "food") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

To royally screw up or make a serious blunder in Ecuador. Used when someone makes a mistake bad enough to cause real consequences.

Examples

You really blew it by telling the teacher that, now we're all in trouble.

I messed up big time, I deleted the final project file.

Regional synonyms

In Mexico, this means things went really, really badly for someone. They got hit with every consequence at once, no escape, no mercy. The reference to "la feria" (a chaotic open-air market) evokes total disorder where everything goes wrong at the same time.