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/Sounds like "gwah" (as in "Guam") + "GEH" (as in "get") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A bus driver in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, where a bus is called a guagua. The Caribbean public transit driver who rides with the radio blasting and knows every street and shortcut in the neighborhood by heart.

Examples

The bus driver slammed the brakes and everyone lurched forward.

My uncle has been a bus driver for twenty years and wouldn't trade it for anything.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Perú
Colectivero

Rice and beans mixed together that's the sacred traditional breakfast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Simple but addictive, eaten absolutely every single day and it never gets old for those who grew up with it.