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/Sounds like the English word "map" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To mop the floor, from the English "to mop," used in Chicano Spanish as everyday vocabulary in cleaning jobs, restaurants, and homes along the US-Mexico border.
“You need to mop the kitchen before closing.”
“I just mopped, don't walk on it, it's wet.”
/Sounds like the English word "map" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To cram intensively right before an exam in Mexico and Argentina, cramming all the material at once after leaving it until the last minute. The academic emergency move: desperation study and a prayer that your brain absorbs enough.
“Mapeé toda la noche antes del examen y jalé de milagro.”
“I crammed all night before the exam and somehow passed.”
“We need to cram this weekend for Monday's midterm.”
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/Sounds like the English word "map" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To mop the floor, from the English "to mop," used in Chicano Spanish as everyday vocabulary in cleaning jobs, restaurants, and homes along the US-Mexico border.
“You need to mop the kitchen before closing.”
“I just mopped, don't walk on it, it's wet.”
/Sounds like the English word "map" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHR" (as in "art")/
To cram intensively right before an exam in Mexico and Argentina, cramming all the material at once after leaving it until the last minute. The academic emergency move: desperation study and a prayer that your brain absorbs enough.
“Mapeé toda la noche antes del examen y jalé de milagro.”
“I crammed all night before the exam and somehow passed.”
“We need to cram this weekend for Monday's midterm.”
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Güila
In Mexico, a derogatory insult for a woman considered promiscuous or of questionable reputation. It carries strong negative connotations and is used to demean. Completely unrelated to the Costa Rican use of the same word, where güila simply means a young girl or kid.