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/Sounds like "MOHR" (as in "more") + "boh" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

That dark, twisted attraction to things that should repel you: the morbid curiosity that makes you slow down at an accident or read every detail of a disturbing story. In Spain, morbo also describes sexual chemistry with an edge of the forbidden. Not quite wrong, but definitely not innocent.

Examples

He gets a morbid thrill from watching true crime documentaries.

There is a lot of charged tension between them, you can feel it.

Regional synonyms

In Peru, to understand or pick up on something. "¿Manyas?" is the classic way to check if the other person is following what you're saying.