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Tag: resaca

Definitions tagged resaca in the street dictionary.

Engomado

The state of physical and mental discomfort that follows a night of heavy drinking: a hangover.

He didn't go to work because he was engomado | Take him some orange juice, he's engomado.

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Panamáby Rita.AP

Kanguro

While it sounds like the Australian animal, this is actually a massive hangover after getting drunk (in Venezuela, a kanguro is considered much worse than the common raton, or hangover).

I have a horrible kanguro. That girl must have woken up with a kanguro.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Guayabo

To be hungover or feel sick after a night of partying and drinking.

The party last night left me with such a horrible guayabo.

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Colombiaby HCol

Leche de burra

A milk-based beverage mixed with anise liquor. It is commonly recommended as a remedy for hangovers (In Venezuela, this traditional drink is often homemade, creamy, and served cold).

Have a leche de burra to see if you feel better. Leche de burra cures everything, brother.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Vuelto mierda

A vulgar expression used to describe being in a terrible physical or mental state, roughly meaning to be wrecked or feeling like total shit. It is specifically used to describe a severe hangover where the person feels completely incapacitated.

I ended up vuelto mierda last night. I'm feeling vuelto mierda after the vodka.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

chuchaqui

A hangover, the headache and general physical misery felt after drinking too much alcohol (this term is primarily used in Ecuador).

Nothing beats a good shrimp ceviche to cure that chuchaqui.

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Globalby Anónimo

Cañá

A feeling of physical and mental illness experienced the day after drinking too much alcohol; a hangover.

Ignore him, he has a massive Cañá, he does not even know where he is standing.

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Chileby Anónimo

Refajo

A Colombian drink made by mixing a specific soda called Colombiana with any type of beer. It is commonly consumed to treat hangovers. (Colombiana is a popular brand of orange-colored cream soda in Colombia).

Refajo for the hangover.

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Colombiaby Anónimo

Cuerpo cortao

How can you explain to someone not from the DR what the hell it feels like to have Cuerpo cortao? It is a feeling where your torso is going one way, your arms weigh a ton, and your legs just do not respond (this term describes the heavy body aches and general malaise felt at the onset of a flu or fever).

Jose: You are still not up yet, are you not going to work today? Teresa: Oh no, I woke up with Cuerpo cortao and I am not getting out of this bed even to eat.

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República Dominicanaby ARM

Chokao

A hangover that hits during the work week, especially on a Monday. (The term implies the person feels crashed or physically wrecked.)

If you drink on Sunday, you wake up chokao on Monday.

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República Dominicanaby Anónimo

faroleao

A person with bloodshot eyes after a heavy drinking session or using drugs (jumo is a Dominican term for being drunk, while a pase is a hit of drugs).

You have been faroleao since last night.

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República Dominicanaby carol