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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A person who works without stopping or complaining, head down, effort first. In Honduras, machetero is a term of genuine respect: someone who is reliable, tireless, and never a burden. Named after the machetero who cuts cane in the fields without asking for a break.
“Everyone in that family is a hard worker, they're at it from sunrise.”
“That guy is solid, he never asks for a day off and never lets you down.”
/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A Honduran rural or urban worker who earns a living through pure force, especially one who uses a machete in the field to cut cane, coffee plants, or brush. By extension, a machetero is anyone who works hard without complaint, without shortcuts, with their hands. In Honduras the word is synonymous with respect: it acknowledges whoever holds up the country's hard work.
“My dad was a machetero at the coffee farm.”
“Everyone in that family is a hard worker.”
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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A person who works without stopping or complaining, head down, effort first. In Honduras, machetero is a term of genuine respect: someone who is reliable, tireless, and never a burden. Named after the machetero who cuts cane in the fields without asking for a break.
“Everyone in that family is a hard worker, they're at it from sunrise.”
“That guy is solid, he never asks for a day off and never lets you down.”
/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "TEH" (as in "ten") + "roh" (as in "row")/
A Honduran rural or urban worker who earns a living through pure force, especially one who uses a machete in the field to cut cane, coffee plants, or brush. By extension, a machetero is anyone who works hard without complaint, without shortcuts, with their hands. In Honduras the word is synonymous with respect: it acknowledges whoever holds up the country's hard work.
“My dad was a machetero at the coffee farm.”
“Everyone in that family is a hard worker.”
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Agarrar los bártulos
To pack up your things and leave, especially after a breakup, a firing, or any situation that has clearly run its course. The image is of someone quietly gathering their belongings and walking out the door without explanations or goodbyes.