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/Sounds like "hee" (as in "he") + "neh" (as in "net") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/

Meaning

In Cuba, a woman who seeks relationships with foreign tourists primarily for economic benefit. The term carries real social weight on the island, tied directly to the collapse of the Cuban economy in the 1990s and the rise of tourism as the main source of hard currency.

Examples

In the nineties, tourism brought the phenomenon of jineteras to the forefront.

Talking about jineteras in Cuba means talking about economic survival.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Perú
Brichero

In Venezuela, to joke around, tease, or mess with someone in a friendly way. Echar cámara is lighthearted banter between friends, with no bad intentions and purely for laughs.