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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "RREH" + "tah" (as in "tar")/
In Costa Rica, an exaggerated story or inflated account that stretches the truth way beyond what actually happened. Echar carreta is a recognized social art: the carreteador entertains everyone but rarely sticks to the strict facts.
“Do not believe a word he says, everything he tells is pure exaggeration.”
“That guy is the king of tall tales, every story is bigger than the last.”
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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "RREH" + "tah" (as in "tar")/
In Costa Rica, an exaggerated story or inflated account that stretches the truth way beyond what actually happened. Echar carreta is a recognized social art: the carreteador entertains everyone but rarely sticks to the strict facts.
“Do not believe a word he says, everything he tells is pure exaggeration.”
“That guy is the king of tall tales, every story is bigger than the last.”
Machetero
A Honduran rural or urban worker who earns a living through pure force, especially one who uses a machete in the field to cut cane, coffee plants, or brush. By extension, a machetero is anyone who works hard without complaint, without shortcuts, with their hands. In Honduras the word is synonymous with respect: it acknowledges whoever holds up the country's hard work.