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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "kee" (as in "keep") + "neh" (as in "net") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To obsessively overthink, turning a topic over and over in your head or planning compulsively until you are mentally drained. The brain in turbo mode that refuses to stop analyzing, scheming, and running through every possible scenario. Used in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Examples

Stop overthinking and just do something already, that's not getting you anywhere.

I was going over things in my head all night and couldn't sleep.

Word family

Someone who acts in an exaggerated, affected way in Peru to draw attention, using over-the-top gestures and a fake voice. A disforzado overacts absolutely everything.