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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "SAHR" (as in "salsa") + "loh" (as in "loan") + "CHAHN" (as in "chat") + "choh" (as in "chose")/

Meaning

To have an absolutely amazing time in Chile, when you enjoy something so much it couldn't possibly get any better. It's the Chilean way of saying you had the time of your life.

Examples

We had the best time at the party, it was incredible.

We had a blast on vacation, best trip ever.

In Argentina and Uruguay, to notice or pick up on something without being told explicitly. From lunfardo, probably rooted in the Italian "mangiare" (to eat), with the sense of absorbing or digesting a situation intuitively. Think of it as reading between the lines without anyone having to spell it out.