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/Sounds like "chahn" (as in "chat") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "rroh"/

Meaning

A small, informal business or street stall that someone sets up to make a living. In Mexico, changarros are the backbone of the street economy: tacos, corner stores, repair shops.

Examples

He set up his taco changarro on the corner.

My grandma has her little candy changarro outside the school.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Bolivia
Bisne

To completely upend the rules or the established order, usually abruptly. In Argentina and Uruguay, patear el tablero means blowing up what was agreed in order to start fresh, flipping the whole board over when a process has stalled or when someone decides the current setup simply is not working.