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/Sounds like "keh" (as in "kept") + "MAHR" (as in "mark") + "eh" (as in "egg") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "pahs" (as in "park")/

Meaning

To rush through a process and skip necessary steps before you are truly ready, burning through stages that should have built your foundation. Used in Spain, Mexico, and Argentina. It applies to relationships, careers, education, and any journey where the order of steps actually matters. The problem usually surfaces later when the missing foundation finally shows.

Examples

Do not rush the relationship, let it develop naturally at its own pace.

He skipped too many steps in his career and it showed the moment things got really challenging.

Regional synonyms

To cause total chaos, to completely wreck the order of something in an irreversible way. An intensification of "desmadre" (chaos, disorder) where the prefix signals that whatever order existed before has been thoroughly obliterated.