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/Sounds like "oo" (as in "Uber") + "SAHR" (as in "salsa") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

In Mexico, to think things through and use your brain before acting. "Usar el coco" means not acting on impulse and actually reasoning things out before making a decision.

Examples

Use your head before accepting that deal, it sounds too good to be true.

If you used your brain you wouldn't keep falling for the same traps.

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Regional synonyms

A lazy, shameless person with zero desire to work who lives off everyone else's effort. In Argentina the atorrante is the one who does absolutely nothing and doesn't even care.