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/Sounds like "rahn" (as in "rapper") + "DOHM" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Something unexpected, out of nowhere, with no apparent reason. An English loanword adopted across the entire Spanish-speaking world, especially among young people on social media.

Examples

He sent me a totally random text at three in the morning.

We met some random dude at the party and he turned out to be super chill.

I got a random craving for sushi at midnight.

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Anonymous

To move on from something in the past and keep going without holding a grudge. The emotional equivalent of closing a chapter: you acknowledge what happened and then deliberately leave it behind. Common across Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.