atarragar

A regionalism from Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela meaning to stuff or gorge someone with food — atarragarse is to stuff yourself, eat until overfull. A now-obsolete older sense referred to adjusting or hammering a horseshoe into place, a trade meaning that has essentially disappeared from use.

• Se atarragó de tamales en la fiesta. — He stuffed himself with tamales at the party.
• No atarragues tanto al niño, va a vomitar. — Don't stuff the kid so much, he's going to throw up.
• Terminamos atarragados después del almuerzo familiar. — We ended up completely stuffed after the family lunch.

Expecting atarragar to be understood everywhere in the Spanish-speaking world — it's a regionalism limited mainly to Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela; atiborrarse or hartarse de comida are the more universally understood options.

Often confused with atiborrarse.