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/Sounds like "CHOH" (as in "chose") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
Work, job, or daily gig. "Choyo" is the Guatemalan everyday word for employment, the local equivalent of "chamba" in Mexico or "brete" in Costa Rica. You hear it among young people and working-class urbanites: "ando en el choyo" means I'm at work, "conseguí un choyo nuevo" means I landed a new job.
“I have to go to work even though it's Sunday.”
“I got a new job at an office downtown.”
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/Sounds like "CHOH" (as in "chose") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
Work, job, or daily gig. "Choyo" is the Guatemalan everyday word for employment, the local equivalent of "chamba" in Mexico or "brete" in Costa Rica. You hear it among young people and working-class urbanites: "ando en el choyo" means I'm at work, "conseguí un choyo nuevo" means I landed a new job.
“I have to go to work even though it's Sunday.”
“I got a new job at an office downtown.”
Estar pilas
To be sharp, alert, and fully switched on in Colombia and Ecuador. Nothing slips by you. The phrase "ponte pilas" is a friendly heads-up telling someone to wake up and pay attention before something gets away from them.