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Bandera de Guatemala

/Sounds like "moo-CHAH"/

A Guatemalan vocative for calling out to a group, equivalent to "everyone," "hey all," "guys." Comes from "muchachada" shortened in fast Chapín speech. "¡Muchá, vengan a comer!" means everyone, come eat. Used in family gatherings, with friends, in informal contexts. An unmistakable marker of Guatemalan Spanish: no other country uses it with that naturalness and affectionate tone.

Example

"Muchá, ya está lista la comida. → Everyone, food's ready."

"Qué tal muchá. → What's up everyone."

Word family
Regional synonyms:

To completely ignore someone, to not give them even the slightest bit of attention as if they don't exist. The 'olímpicamente' intensifies it, it was a gold-medal-level ignore.