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/Sounds like "rahn" (as in "rapper") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat")/

Meaning

To sit down and eat, to settle in for a proper meal at home or with family. In Venezuela, ranchar carries warmth: it is not just eating, it is the act of gathering around a table for comfort food and togetherness.

Examples

Let's eat, everything is ready.

She went to have dinner with her parents and did not make it back in time.

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Regional synonyms

A drunken state, a bender. In Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, "curda" refers both to a specific episode of heavy drinking and to someone who has been at it for a while. If someone shows up with a "curda" they can barely string a sentence together.