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/Sounds like the English word "chamb" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To work hard, to go to the job, to earn your living with effort in Mexico. It's the quintessential Mexican informal verb for those eight daily hours that pay the rent and the tacos.

Examples

I've been chambeando since seven without a break.

Gotta chambear to pay the bills.

What are you chambeando at now?

Word family

A joke, a tease, or lighthearted banter in Spain. Saying something "de coña" means you are kidding, not being serious. The coña itself can be sharp and funny, and it is the Spanish art of taking nothing too seriously while somehow still landing a point.