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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "geh" (as in "get") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To mooch, bum things off others, or borrow money with no real intention of paying it back. Someone who manguea is a professional freeloader who always has an excuse ready and relies on others' generosity.
“He's always bumming cigarettes off everyone.”
“He mooched a hundred pesos off me and hasn't paid me back.”
/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "geh" (as in "get") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To bum money, favors, or things from others with no real intention of paying them back. The mangueador is a professional moocher who perfected the art of asking without shame.
“He's always bumming money and never pays anyone back.”
“Don't mooch off your friends, get a job.”
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/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "geh" (as in "get") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To mooch, bum things off others, or borrow money with no real intention of paying it back. Someone who manguea is a professional freeloader who always has an excuse ready and relies on others' generosity.
“He's always bumming cigarettes off everyone.”
“He mooched a hundred pesos off me and hasn't paid me back.”
/Sounds like "mahn" (as in "mark") + "geh" (as in "get") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To bum money, favors, or things from others with no real intention of paying them back. The mangueador is a professional moocher who perfected the art of asking without shame.
“He's always bumming money and never pays anyone back.”
“Don't mooch off your friends, get a job.”
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Mamadera de gallo
In Colombia and Venezuela, a joke or prank that has gone too far and stopped being funny. When someone keeps messing around in a serious situation and refuses to take it seriously, that is mamadera de gallo.