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/Sounds like "trah" (as in "tract") + "peh" (as in "pet") + "ah" (as in "art") + "DOHR" (as in "door")/

Meaning

A mop with a long stick and rag for cleaning floors with water in Mexico and Colombia. It's that cleaning tool your mom forced you to use every Saturday while you cleaned the whole house.

Examples

Run the mop over the kitchen floor, it's sticky.

The mop broke from so much use.

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Regional synonyms

To work hard and non-stop, like chopping through undergrowth with a machete. In Central America, 'machetear' is the word for the person who doesn't dodge the hard work.