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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "dah" (as in "dart") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A person who runs errands and carries out requests for others, usually in a home or business setting. In Mexico, the mandadero is the one sent to the store or the post office, whose entire role is doing what someone else needs done. Often low-paid and easy to overlook.

Examples

Send the errand boy for tortillas before the store closes.

I need someone to run this to the post office for me.

Regional synonyms

/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "dah" (as in "dart") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

Someone who blindly does whatever they are told without questioning it or thinking for themselves. Used dismissively to describe a person who is completely under their boss or superior thumb, a yes-man with no backbone.

Examples

Do not be your boss errand boy: if something is wrong, say it.

Everyone at that company just follows orders, nobody thinks for themselves.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Mangoneado

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Someone from La Paz, Bolivia's capital city, or anything related to La Paz culture and identity. Paceños are known for their resilience, living and breathing at over 3,600 meters above sea level, they've built a city, a culture, and a personality that the altitude shaped.