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/Sounds like "plahn" (as in "plan") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "oh" (as in "oh") + "REH" (as in "red") + "hah" (as in "hard")/

Meaning

To sleep, especially a long nap or a deep sleep. Literally "to iron your ear," picturing someone pressing their ear into a pillow. Used casually across Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, and Peru for any serious napping session.

Examples

I'm going to crash for an hour, I'm completely done.

He's been out since noon, still ironing his ear.

Regional synonyms

A crybaby or whiny child who cries and complains over everything and refuses to separate from their parents. In Mexico and Central America, a "chipilón" is that kid at the supermarket losing it over a piece of candy, or permanently glued to a parent's leg. The word may come from Nahuatl or from the chipilin plant, associated in folk tradition with excessive crying.