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/Sounds like "goh" (as in "go") + "rreh" + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To mooch off others, getting free stuff by taking advantage of people's generosity without ever returning the favor. The gorrero is a professional freeloader who always shows up empty-handed.

Examples

He always comes to mooch food and never brings anything.

Stop mooching and buy your own stuff.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Manguear

To have a cold or flu, NOT to be constipated. Saying 'estoy constipado' in Spanish means you have a stuffy nose and a sore throat, not digestive problems. It's one of the most entertaining false cognates in the language and a guaranteed source of confusion for English speakers learning Spanish.