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/Sounds like the English word "jinet" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
In Cuba, to hustle tourists for money or gifts by using charm, romance, or any available angle, making a living off foreign visitors through wit and seduction rather than formal work. A uniquely Cuban survival skill shaped by economic scarcity and the constant flow of international visitors.
“He's been hustling tourists in Havana for years.”
“She's not actually interested in you, she's working you.”
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/Sounds like the English word "jinet" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
In Cuba, to hustle tourists for money or gifts by using charm, romance, or any available angle, making a living off foreign visitors through wit and seduction rather than formal work. A uniquely Cuban survival skill shaped by economic scarcity and the constant flow of international visitors.
“He's been hustling tourists in Havana for years.”
“She's not actually interested in you, she's working you.”
Tomarse el palo
To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.