/meh-CHEH-ro/
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.
"Do you have a lighter? My candle went out."
"He always has a lighter even though he doesn't smoke anymore."
/Sounds like 'meh-CHEH-roh'/
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.
"Lo agarraron de mechero en el supermercado con tres botellas en el saco."
"Esa tienda tiene cámara en todos lados porque los mecheros se ensañan. → They caught him shoplifting at the supermarket with three bottles stuffed in his jacket."
"That store has cameras everywhere because shoplifters target it constantly."
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/meh-CHEH-ro/
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.
"Do you have a lighter? My candle went out."
"He always has a lighter even though he doesn't smoke anymore."
/Sounds like 'meh-CHEH-roh'/
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.
"Lo agarraron de mechero en el supermercado con tres botellas en el saco."
"Esa tienda tiene cámara en todos lados porque los mecheros se ensañan. → They caught him shoplifting at the supermarket with three bottles stuffed in his jacket."
"That store has cameras everywhere because shoplifters target it constantly."
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