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Add a word/Sounds like "CHEH" (as in "check") + "beh" (as in "bed")/
Meaning
Beer, brew, a cold one to enjoy with friends. A northern Mexican variant of chela, heavily used in northern Mexico especially in Monterrey and Chihuahua.
Examples
“Let's grab some cheves after work.”
“Pass me an ice-cold cheve from the fridge.”
“We knocked back some cheves watching the game.”
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/Sounds like "CHEH" (as in "check") + "beh" (as in "bed")/
Meaning
Beer, brew, a cold one to enjoy with friends. A northern Mexican variant of chela, heavily used in northern Mexico especially in Monterrey and Chihuahua.
Examples
“Let's grab some cheves after work.”
“Pass me an ice-cold cheve from the fridge.”
“We knocked back some cheves watching the game.”
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A blockhead or dimwit who makes the most basic mistakes over and over, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. A zoquete is not just clueless once: they are consistently, reliably wrong no matter how patiently you explain things.