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/Sounds like "BREH" (as in "bread") + "teh" (as in "ten") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "SAH" (as in "salsa") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

A very demanding, exhausting, or stressful job in Costa Rica. When work consumes every last drop of energy a Tico has.

Examples

I've got such a brutal workload right now, I don't even have time to eat.

The end-of-month crunch leaves me completely drained.

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Regional synonyms

To bother, pester, or insist on something so heavily that it drives someone crazy. In Spain and Latin America, dar la lata is the art of being insufferable, repeated, persistent, pointless nagging at its finest.