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Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Puerto Rico

/Sounds like "hah" (as in "ha!") + "MAHR" (as in "mar")/

To eat with real hunger, to chow down with zero ceremony. In Venezuela, Colombia, and Puerto Rico, jamar is the most direct, street-level way to say you're about to eat until you're stuffed.

Example

"Let's go jamar, I'm starving."

"We jammed everything that was in the fridge."

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Bandera de España

/Sounds like "hah" (as in "ha!") + "MAHR" (as in "mar")/

To eat in Spain in a casual, relaxed, no-frills kind of way. It's the everyday verb for grabbing a meal without any formality or ceremony.

Example

"Let's go eat, I'm starving."

"What did you have for lunch today?"

Word family
Regional synonyms:
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Puerto Rico
Jamar

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Al rato

Bandera de México

En un momento, más tarde, eventualmente y sin hora exacta en México. Es esa promesa temporal mexicana donde 'al rato' puede significar en diez minutos o en tres horas, nadie lo sabe con certeza.