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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "dreh" (as in "dress") + "AHR" (as in "art")/

Meaning

To beat someone up severely, to give them a beating they won't forget. In Mexico, 'madrear' is one of the most violent verbs in street vocabulary, used when someone wants to physically assault another person in a brutal and unforgiving manner.

Examples

They madrearon him outside the bar.

If you keep talking like that they're gonna madrear you, calm down.

Word family
Regional synonyms

To be the different or problematic member of a group, usually a family, the one who doesn't fit the expected mold. In the Río de la Plata region, the black sheep isn't always wrong, just different from what everyone else wanted them to be.