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/Sounds like "tee" (as in "tea") + "RAHR" (as in "rapper") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To ruin something deliberately or through inexcusable carelessness, leaving it beyond any repair. In Colombia and Venezuela tirarse algo means making it so bad there's simply no way to fix it anymore.

Examples

He blew the opportunity by showing up late to the interview.

Don't ruin the relationship with that attitude.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela
Echársela

An intensifier meaning very or really, the most versatile and ever-present word in River Plate Spanish. You slap it before any adjective to max it out: re beautiful, re crazy, re everything.