apacheta

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apacheta [ah-pah-chay-tah]
noun
1A heap of stones on hills. (America) (f)
  • Hacer la apacheta -> to accomplish the most difficult part of a task
  • Hacer su apacheta -> to have made a fortune: to make one’s «pile»
(Met.)

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apacheta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (And) (S. Cone) (Religión) cairn; wayside shrine
2 (montón) pile; heap
3 (Política) clique; (confabulación) ring; gang
4 (Com) ill-gotten gains; (p)
hacer la apacheta (familiar) to make one's pile; (familiar)

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