chambear
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “chambear” mean?
to work
Example
“Mañana chambeo desde las siete.”
I'm working from seven tomorrow.
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
- 🇲🇽 chambearMexico
- 🇻🇪 camellarVenezuela
More from Peru
- chancarto study hard, cram
- cachueloside job, gig
- cachuelearto do odd jobs on the side
- estar en planillato be on the payroll (with benefits)
- por recibosas a freelancer (billing with receipts)
- chancónswot, someone who studies or works very hard
- pegarlato hit it big, to succeed
- florosmooth talk, sweet-talking
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