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Spanish idioms

What does “Comerse el coco” mean?

SpanishEmotions and relationshipsInformal

Comerse el coco

Word for word

To eat one's own coconut

What it really means

To keep chewing over a matter and inventing problems in your head. In Spanish slang «coco» means head.

How we say it in English

To overthink

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