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Bandera de El Salvador

/si-PO-te de tra-BA-ho/

A massive pile of work that has stacked up. In El Salvador, when you have a 'cipote de trabajo,' there's so much piled on you can't see how you'll ever finish.

Example

"I have a ton of work this week — I won't be able to go out."

"They dumped a huge workload on the new employee on his first day."

Regional synonyms:

Juntarse a beber caguamas con los amigos, esas cervezas de litro que se comparten en la banqueta o en casa. En México es el plan más honesto y económico del fin de semana: unas caguamas frías y buena plática sin complicaciones.