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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "MAHR" (as in "mark") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
To rack your brain, think intensely about something until your head hurts. When you quemas el coco over something, you're overthinking it to the point of mental exhaustion.
“Stop burning your brain over something you can't control.”
“I've been racking my brain over that math problem for hours.”
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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "MAHR" (as in "mark") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "koh" (as in "coat")/
To rack your brain, think intensely about something until your head hurts. When you quemas el coco over something, you're overthinking it to the point of mental exhaustion.
“Stop burning your brain over something you can't control.”
“I've been racking my brain over that math problem for hours.”
Mamadera de gallo
Relentless teasing or messing around that has gone on way too long and stopped being funny. In Colombia, mamadera de gallo is when the joke ran out of steam but someone keeps pushing it, and now everyone just wants a straight answer or some peace.