/Sounds like 'koh-TEH-roh'/
A laborer who hauls heavy sacks and loads at market plazas — the informal porter whose back keeps the market economy moving. In Colombia, coteros are a fixture of traditional markets, doing physically brutal work for modest pay.
"El cotero cargó veinte bultos de papa en una mañana."
"Sin los coteros, la plaza de mercado no funciona. → The porter hauled twenty sacks of potatoes in one morning."
"Without the market carriers, the plaza doesn't function."
/Sounds like 'koh-TEH-roh'/
A laborer who hauls heavy sacks and loads at market plazas — the informal porter whose back keeps the market economy moving. In Colombia, coteros are a fixture of traditional markets, doing physically brutal work for modest pay.
"El cotero cargó veinte bultos de papa en una mañana."
"Sin los coteros, la plaza de mercado no funciona. → The porter hauled twenty sacks of potatoes in one morning."
"Without the market carriers, the plaza doesn't function."