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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "rrah" + "NAH" (as in "nacho") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

A dirty, dishonest, or deeply tasteless action. Calling something a marranada means it was not just wrong, it was low and morally foul. From "marrano" (pig), it implies the kind of behavior that makes decent people cringe. Used in Spain, Mexico, and Colombia.

Examples

What he did to the team by betraying them at the meeting was a real dirty move.

That was a disgusting thing to do, you don't treat friends like that.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Guarrada

To wake up very early, before dawn or at the crack of day. In Mexico and Central America, madrugar is treated as a virtue: the one who rises early gets ahead. It also works figuratively to mean getting a head start on something or beating someone to the punch.