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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "KAHR" (as in "car") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "nahs" (as in "nacho") + "BEHR" (as in "bed") + "dehs" (as in "debt")/

Meaning

To drive someone crazy with worry or stress through your behavior, especially your parents. It's when a kid causes so much grief it supposedly gives you gray hairs.

Examples

That kid sacas canas verdes with his pranks.

My kids sacan canas verdes every weekend.

Regional synonyms

To be the different or problematic member of a group, usually a family, the one who doesn't fit the expected mold. In the Río de la Plata region, the black sheep isn't always wrong, just different from what everyone else wanted them to be.