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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "lahn" (as in "lava") + "dreh" (as in "dress") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To hustle on the streets doing shady or illegal things, living outside the law. In Venezuela and Colombia, "malandrear" is tied to barrio survival culture, where getting by sometimes means operating in the gray zones of society and doing whatever it takes.
“That guy just roams the streets getting into trouble and refuses to hold down a job.”
“He left that street life behind the moment his son was born.”
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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "lahn" (as in "lava") + "dreh" (as in "dress") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To hustle on the streets doing shady or illegal things, living outside the law. In Venezuela and Colombia, "malandrear" is tied to barrio survival culture, where getting by sometimes means operating in the gray zones of society and doing whatever it takes.
“That guy just roams the streets getting into trouble and refuses to hold down a job.”
“He left that street life behind the moment his son was born.”
Cuadrar la quincena
The very Latin American skill of making your biweekly paycheck stretch all the way to the next one. It means budgeting carefully, prioritizing every expense, and hoping nothing unexpected comes up. The most practiced sport of the average salaried worker.