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/Sounds like "tyahn" + "GEES" (as in "geese") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A street market vendor in Mexico who sells goods at a tianguis (open-air market). Tianguistas wake up before dawn and set up their stalls. Think flea market seller, but as a beloved cultural institution.

Examples

The market vendors arrive at five to save their spot.

My uncle is a market vendor, he sells clothes on Sundays.

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Regional synonyms

Gossip, a rumor, or a scandalous situation in Chile. The 'cagüín' is the story everyone wants to hear even though nobody knows exactly how it started. If there's a cagüín, there's drama.