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/Sounds like "rah" (as in "rapper") + "YAH" (as in "yard") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

Spanish slang for a mental spiral of anxiety, obsession, or paranoia from overthinking something. Having a rayada means you cannot stop your brain from looping on a worry. Common among young people in Spain.

Examples

I have been having a rayada about the exam and cannot sleep.

Don't build up a rayada over one unanswered message.

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Regional synonyms

An informal arrangement where someone gets a job or benefit not through merit, but through personal connections. In Latin American work culture, an acomodo is the open secret everyone knows about but nobody talks about officially.