chambear

From chamba (“job”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃambeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃãm.beˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cham‧be‧ar

chambear (first-person singular present chambeo, first-person singular preterite chambeé, past participle chambeado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial, slang, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru) to work

   Synonyms: trabajar; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

2. (Dominican Republic, rare) to snort cocaine

• “chambear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024