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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "HEHR" (as in "help") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "yah" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

A Cuban verb for hitchhiking: standing at the roadside so a stranger will give you a ride. In Cuba, coger botella is a universal form of transport because buses are scarce and taxis are expensive. It is a deeply Cuban social practice: strangers sharing part of the road with no expectation of payment.

Examples

There was no bus, so I had to hitchhike all the way to work.

I got to Varadero hitchhiking in three different stretches.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Hacer dedo

An indigenous spiritual healer who uses medicinal plants, rituals, and ancestral wisdom to cure physical and spiritual ailments. Shamans are the bridge between the human world and the spiritual realm.