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/Sounds like "soh" (as in "solo") + "pye" + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "yah" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

Fried dough made from squash or pumpkin, eaten with pebre, mustard, or sprinkled with sugar in Chile. They're the perfect craving for rainy, cold days, and no Chilean winter is complete without them.

Examples

It's raining today, it's a sopaipilla day with pebre.

The soaked sopaipillas are amazing.

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Regional synonyms

In Colombia, to get worked up, aggressive, or enter a state of intense agitation when provoked. It describes the exact moment someone loses their cool and shifts into full confrontation mode. Once someone is encachinado, it is best to back off.