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/Sounds like "tehm" (as in "ten") + "blah" (as in "blah") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/

Meaning

Intense fear or extreme nerves, the kind that makes your whole body shake visibly and uncontrollably. When la tembladera hits, your body completely betrays you no matter how hard you try to hide it. Common across Latin America.

Examples

I had the full-body shakes before my exam and could barely write.

You could clearly see him trembling when they called him up to present.

Word family

A person who transports drugs from one place to another, whether in suitcases, inside their body, or through other concealment methods. Mulas are usually the most expendable link in the drug trafficking chain.