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Bandera de Colombia

/cu-chi-TRA-jo/

A tiny, cramped, and messy place where barely one person fits. In Colombia, a cuchitrajo is that miserable space someone calls a room but is really just a closet with a mattress squeezed inside.

Example

"They made him live in a tiny hole and he complained all week."

"That cramped little space can't fit one more chair."

Regional synonyms:

Contacto o enchufe que te ayuda a conseguir algo, ya sea un trabajo, un favor o acceso a algo exclusivo. En Chile es muy común y refleja la cultura del 'quién te conoce'.