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/Sounds like "rahs" (as in "rapper") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Noticeably drunk, with visible signs of intoxication. Used in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras for a level of drunkenness that is obvious to everyone around, though not necessarily extreme.

Examples

Llegó rascado a la reunión familiar y nadie supo qué decir.

He showed up to the family gathering visibly drunk and nobody knew what to say.

Ya está rascado y son las tres de la tarde.

He's already drunk and it's only three in the afternoon.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Cuete
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela
Ajumado

/Sounds like "rahs" (as in "rapper") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Drunk, having had too much to drink. Used especially in Colombia and Venezuela to describe someone who's clearly had one too many, you can tell by how they talk and walk.

Examples

Don't call him right now, he's been rascado since 3pm.

How'd you get wasted by 4 in the afternoon?

Regional synonyms

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The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.