Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "bah" (as in "bar") + "hoon" (as in "who") + "DEER" (as in "deep")/

Meaning

To deliberately sink someone's reputation or make them look bad, usually through gossip, rumors, or strategic comments in front of the right people. In Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, bajundir is the slow, calculated work of an enemy: patient, sneaky, and aimed at social or professional damage.

Examples

She spent months spreading rumors about her at work until they finally transferred her out.

Don't trash my name in front of the bosses, come talk to me directly.

Word family
Regional synonyms

In Peru, a cheap or stingy person who never wants to spend money and always has a ready excuse not to contribute. A raspa is the person who mysteriously disappears the moment the bill arrives, or who has "forgotten their wallet" every single time without fail.