Le quita la chamba

Question

Not sure about this, our dictionary says "chamba" is job.

It was an interjection, someone said "Pues, Le quita la chamba:.

On Google, I see:

Tonicho le quita la chamba a Silvia

Jaime Camil le quita la 'chamba' a Jorge Hill

Chicharito "le quita la chamba" a Wayne Rooney

Una niña de 9 años le quita la chamba a cualquiera del fogoncito (fogoncito?)

A ver si cuando regrese de su año de reinado, no le quita la chamba a lupita jones

La cantante Laura León inicia programa en Perú y le quita la chamba a Laura Bozzo

So it obviously is something you do to someone else.

Gracias.

all the sentences given point to taking a job from the other person. - Silvia, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 1

I agree with Silvia.

And as far as La niña de 9 años is concerned, she takes away the job of anyone who works at the restaurant "El Fogoncito," a very small chain of places in Mexico DF that specialize in tacos al pastor.

Yep. "Quitar la chamba" is a (mostly) Mexican dialectical term that means "to take away a job/a gig/ a means of making a living. "Chamba" roughly translates as the slang "gig". In other parts, like Puerto Rico, "chamba" is equivalent to "guiso". - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011