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/Sounds like "roh" (as in "row") + "pah" (as in "park") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "HEH" (as in "help") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Mexico, a street vendor who pushes a cart through neighborhoods trading old clothes, scrap metal, and household items for cash or more old things. His recorded loudspeaker cry is part of the sound landscape of any Mexico City colonia.

Examples

The ropavejero came by and she traded the old mattress for a few pesos.

You can hear the ropavejero shouting all down the block from early morning.

Regional synonyms

In Venezuela, to stir up disorder, noise, and chaos in a previously calm situation. To embochinchar is to bring drama and mess where everything was fine, or to complicate a situation unnecessarily.