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/Sounds like the English word "bret" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To work hard, to earn your living in Costa Rica. It's the Tico way of saying you're grinding, and when a Tico says they're breteando, don't bother them, they're in full productivity mode.
“I'm breteando like crazy this week.”
“If I don't bretear, I don't eat.”
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/Sounds like the English word "bret" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To work hard, to earn your living in Costa Rica. It's the Tico way of saying you're grinding, and when a Tico says they're breteando, don't bother them, they're in full productivity mode.
“I'm breteando like crazy this week.”
“If I don't bretear, I don't eat.”
Chusmear
To snoop or stick your nose into other people's business. In Argentina and Uruguay, chusmear is practically a national pastime: it happens over WhatsApp group chats, through the window, or by deep-diving into someone's social media. The word carries no serious judgment; it is just what curious, social people do.