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Create account/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "ROO" (as in "rude") + "goh" (as in "go")/
A slow or dim-witted person who just cannot grasp things no matter how many times you explain them. In Mexico, calling someone a tarugo is more exasperated affection than a real insult. The related noun tarugada describes a dumb move or blunder.
“Stop being a tarugo and read the instructions before you put that together.”
“What a tarugo, he made the same mistake again.”
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/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "ROO" (as in "rude") + "goh" (as in "go")/
A slow or dim-witted person who just cannot grasp things no matter how many times you explain them. In Mexico, calling someone a tarugo is more exasperated affection than a real insult. The related noun tarugada describes a dumb move or blunder.
“Stop being a tarugo and read the instructions before you put that together.”
“What a tarugo, he made the same mistake again.”
Echar a perder
To ruin something that was working fine, whether food that spoils, a plan that falls apart, or a relationship that gets damaged beyond easy repair. What gets "echado a perder" does not have a simple fix anymore. Used widely across Mexico and Central America.