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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "neh" (as in "net") + "HAHR" (as in "hard")/

Meaning

To drive a vehicle, the standard verb used across Latin America for what Spain calls "conducir." Getting behind the wheel and navigating the traffic, the potholes, and the drivers who seem to have invented their own personal rules of the road.

Examples

I learned to drive at eighteen and it took me months to get the hang of it.

Please don't drive if you've been drinking.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Conducir

A brilliant or sneaky move that nobody saw coming. In the Caribbean, "tremenda jugada" can mean an impressive play you have to admire, or a total backstab that blindsided you. Which one it is depends entirely on which side of the move you're on.