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A way of acting or thinking with street smarts, cunning, and resourcefulness to get ahead. (In Dominican culture, this refers to the wit and social agility used to navigate everyday life, often by outsmarting others or finding shortcuts).
In a line, you use tigueraje to cut to the front, or just to avoid waiting in line like everyone else.
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A characteristically Dominican way of acting or speaking, typically involving street-smarts, wit, or a savvy attitude (derived from tiguere, a term for a street-smart person or hustler).
Stop your tigueraje with me.
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The quality of being street smart, savvy, or having the hustle to handle any situation skillfully (a term derived from tiguere, the archetypal Dominican street-wise figure).
He showed his tigueraje when he beat the other guy to the punch and did a better job.
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