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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "BRAHR" (as in "bra")/

Meaning

In Mexican and Colombian street slang, to kill someone. Used specifically in urban violence and organized crime contexts to describe a murder. The word is direct and chilling in those settings.

Examples

They killed him for getting mixed up with the wrong people in the neighborhood.

They say the same people who owed him money ordered the hit.

Regional synonyms

In Argentina, to get emotionally hooked on someone or something and find it impossible to let go. Getting "enganchado" with a person lands you somewhere between infatuation and obsession; getting "enganchado" in an argument means you cannot walk away even when continuing makes no sense at all.