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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "seh" (as in "set") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "BLAHN" (as in "blah") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

To completely forget something at the worst possible moment, right when you need to remember it most. It's that nightmare where your mind goes totally empty in the middle of an exam, a presentation, or a conversation.

Examples

I went blank in the middle of the exam.

I was about to say something important and my mind went completely blank.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Trabar

An informal pickup soccer game between friends, no league, no referee, just pure street football on any available patch of ground. In Costa Rica, the mejenga is a social institution: on weekends and after work, groups of Ticos gather to play for the joy of playing. No other Spanish-speaking country uses this exact word.