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/Sounds like "tehn" (as in "ten") + "DEHR" (as in "debt") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "mah" (as in "mark")/

Meaning

To make the bed after you wake up: the first thing your mom teaches you to do and the last thing you feel like doing every morning. In Spanish it is always "tender" not "hacer" in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, and that regional distinction immediately tells you where someone is from.

Examples

Make your bed before you leave, otherwise it will be a mess all day.

I never make my bed and my mom absolutely loses it.

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Regional synonyms

Traffic light or stoplight in Venezuela. While the standard Spanish word is "semaforo," Venezuelans use "chivato" in everyday speech. Fittingly, chivato elsewhere means snitch, and Venezuelans will tell you: both rat you out the moment you are about to do something wrong.