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/Sounds like "bree" (as in "breeze") + "CHEH" (as in "check") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A man in Peru who seeks out foreign female tourists to romance during their visit, usually with economic motives. The brichero has his script ready, speaks some languages, and knows exactly what moves to make to win over a traveler.

Examples

They warned me he was a well-known brichero in that area before I accepted the tour.

A few bricheros hang out at that café downtown waiting for tourists.

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Regional synonyms

An unreliable person of low moral character, a fraud, a swindler, someone you can't trust with anything. In Buenos Aires, farabute arrived with Italian immigration and stuck as the label for anyone who's fundamentally shady.