chambear
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “chambear” mean?
to work
Example
“Mañana chambeo temprano, no puedo salir.”
I'm working early tomorrow, I can't go out.
Good to know
From chamba, a job.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: trabajar
🔨 How other countries say “to work”
- 🇪🇸 currarSpain
- 🇨🇴 camellarColombia
- 🇨🇺 pincharCuba
- 🇦🇷 laburarArgentina
- 🇵🇪 chambearPeru
- 🇻🇪 camellarVenezuela
More from Mexico
- chambajob, work
- godínoffice worker, nine-to-fiver
- horas nalgahours spent at work just to be seen
- la quincenapayday (paid every two weeks)
- talachagrunt work, the boring hard part
- changarroa small shop, a little business
- echar la huevato laze around, to slack off
- correrto fire (someone from a job)
Songs from Mexico
- La Bamba · Ritchie ValensLevel A2
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom · SelenaLevel A2
- Como La Flor · SelenaLevel A2
- Querida · Juan GabrielLevel A2
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