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mamera
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “mamera” mean?
a drag, a bore
Example
“Qué mamera hacer fila en el banco.”
What a drag to wait in line at the bank.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: aburrimiento
Heard in a conversation
Power cut before the exam
Dani Caro, se fue la luz en todo el barrio 😩 y mañana es el parcial de cálculo. ¿Me dejas ir a estudiar a tu casa? Por favor 🙏
caro the power's out in the whole neighbourhood 😩 and the calculus midterm is tomorrow. can I come study at yours? pls 🙏
Caro ¡Uy, qué mamera! Obvio, hágale, venga ya. Tengo tinto recién hecho ☕
ugh what a drag!! of course, go ahead, come now. I've got fresh coffee ☕
Dani Eres una berraca, ¡gracias! Salgo ya. Pero en la calle está todo oscuro, no voy a sacar el celular 📵
you're a star, thx!! leaving now. but it's pitch dark in the street, I'm not taking my phone out 📵
🐌 How other countries say “a drag, a bore”
- 🇵🇷 tostónPuerto Rico
- 🇪🇸 un rolloSpain
- 🇲🇽 una huevaMexico
- 🇨🇱 una lataChile
- 🇻🇪 una ladillaVenezuela
- 🇦🇷 un emboleArgentina
More from Colombia
- chéverecool, great
- bacanocool, awesome
- ¡Qué pena!Sorry! / How embarrassing!
- ¡Qué chimba!Awesome! / So cool!
- guayabohangover
- berracotough, brilliant; furious
- pailatoo bad; screwed
- ¡Qué boleta!How tacky! / How embarrassing!
Songs from Colombia
- La Camisa Negra · JuanesLevel A2
- Vida de Rico · CamiloLevel A2
- Waka Waka (Esto es África) · ShakiraLevel A2
- Mi Gente · J Balvin, Willy WilliamLevel A2
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