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

Meaning

In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, to extract money or gifts from someone by exploiting a flirtatious or romantic relationship. The action of the chapiadora, a figure immortalized in dembow music.

Examples

All she does is chapear - she doesn't actually like him.

He's chapeando three people at the same time.

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Regional synonyms

Hungover, suffering through the after-effects of the previous night's drinking. In Colombia the "guayabo" collects everything you drank the night before, with full interest. Being enguayabado is a full-body reminder that last night was probably a bad idea.