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/Sounds like "gwahl" (as in "Guam") + "DRAH" (as in "draft") + "pah" (as in "park")/
A freeloader who lives entirely off other people's work without contributing a thing. In Colombia and Venezuela, a gualdrapa is always at the table when there is food, money, or comfort available, but vanishes the moment it is time to work or pitch in. The word carries real disapproval.
“Ese gualdrapa tiene tres años sin trabajar y siempre a costa de alguien.”
“That freeloader has not worked in three years and is always living off somebody else.”
“No seas gualdrapa y busca la manera de aportar algo.”
“Stop being a leech and find a way to actually contribute.”
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/Sounds like "gwahl" (as in "Guam") + "DRAH" (as in "draft") + "pah" (as in "park")/
A freeloader who lives entirely off other people's work without contributing a thing. In Colombia and Venezuela, a gualdrapa is always at the table when there is food, money, or comfort available, but vanishes the moment it is time to work or pitch in. The word carries real disapproval.
“Ese gualdrapa tiene tres años sin trabajar y siempre a costa de alguien.”
“That freeloader has not worked in three years and is always living off somebody else.”
“No seas gualdrapa y busca la manera de aportar algo.”
“Stop being a leech and find a way to actually contribute.”
Manyarse
In Peru, to catch on to what is happening, especially when someone is trying to deceive you. Borrowed from Rioplatense lunfardo, it took on a reflexive form in Peru with the extra meaning of seeing through a trick before it lands.