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/Sounds like "treh" (as in "tread") + "MEHN" (as in "met") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

In Cuba and the Hispanic Caribbean, an intensifier meaning something is huge in scale, whether positive or negative. Works like a universal superlative for almost any situation.

Examples

Tremendo partido el de ayer, no me lo esperaba.

What a game yesterday, nobody saw that coming.

Se armó un tremendo lío cuando llegó la policía al barrio.

A massive mess broke out the moment the police showed up in the neighborhood.

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A Spanish proverb warning that if you leave your spot, someone else will take it and you lose the right to complain. Your absence is what opened the door. Used to remind people that showing up is half the battle.