cachuelo
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “cachuelo” mean?
side job, gig
Example
“Hago cachuelos los fines de semana.”
I do odd jobs on weekends.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: trabajo extra
Heard in a conversation
The big derby
Brayan Tranqui, viene toda la mancha y mi mamá va a hacer causa.
Relax, the whole gang is coming and my mom is making causa.
Kiara ¡Mostro! Llego al toque después de mi cachuelo.
Awesome! I'll be right over after my side gig.
Brayan Ya, pero no vengas con tu camiseta bamba, ¿ah?
OK, but don't show up in your knock-off jersey, alright?
🧰 How other countries say “a side job, a gig”
- 🇨🇱 pitutoChile · Also a contact who gets you in.
- 🇦🇷 changaArgentina
More from Peru
- cachuelearto do odd jobs on the side
- por recibosas a freelancer (billing with receipts)
- chancarto study hard, cram
- misiobroke
- hacer chanchato chip in, to pool money
- chambearto work
- estar en planillato be on the payroll (with benefits)
- chancónswot, someone who studies or works very hard
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