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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "CHEH" (as in "check") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A shoplifter who hides stolen goods in their clothes. In Chile and Argentina, a mechero is a specific type of thief, not a robber, but someone who pockets items in stores with practiced nonchalance.

Examples

Lo agarraron de mechero en el supermercado con tres botellas en el saco.

They caught him shoplifting at the supermarket with three bottles stuffed in his jacket.

That store has cameras everywhere because shoplifters target it constantly.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Uña

/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "CHEH" (as in "check") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

A lighter, the gas-powered kind you click to light cigarettes or candles. In Spain and Latin America mechero is the everyday word for the little fire-starter in everyone's pocket.

Examples

Do you have a lighter? My candle went out.

He always has a lighter even though he doesn't smoke anymore.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Peleón

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To have diarrhea, the Spanish colloquial way of describing that inconvenient intestinal state that ruins any plan you had for the day.