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coyotear
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (colloquial) (general) (Central America) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. to act as a fixer
Me han dicho que este abogado suele coyotear para grandes empresas.I've heard that this lawyer usually acts as a fixer for big companies.
2. (colloquial) (to cross migrants over the Mexico-US border) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. to smuggle migrants
Felipe ha estado coyoteando desde la margen mexicana del Río Grande a la estadounidense desde hace varios años.Felipe has been smuggling migrants from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande to the US side for several years.
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