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/Sounds like "boh" (as in "boat") + "rrah" + "DOHR" (as in "door")/

Meaning

An eraser used to remove pencil marks, in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. The word also means a draft or preliminary version of a text, two very different meanings sharing the same word.

Examples

Pass me the eraser, I wrote the name wrong.

I forgot my eraser and had to cross everything out with pen.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Chile
Bandera de España
Bandera de Uruguay
Goma

To be really nervous or scared about something you cannot control. Used all over Latin America to describe that anxious, shaky feeling before a big exam, a job interview, or any high-stakes moment. Sometimes used as a warning: "whoever is not ready should be scared."