Definitions tagged empleado in the street dictionary.
A slang term for the boss or person in authority (derived from a phonetic adaptation of the English word chief).
A: Hey, chif, I am inviting you to eat at my house today. B: Man, thank you very much, Urrutia. I will be there.
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A stereotypical term for a construction worker. The term describes a man who is a womanizer, catcalls women while on the job, carries his lunch in a reused ice cream tub, and drinks away his salary (The name refers to a prominent local construction firm).
A: So what does your daughter's boyfriend do? B: That guy is a Peñalba, brother. To be honest, I do not like that guy for my daughter.
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A person who works in a low-level, menial, or entry-level position with little status or importance (The word refers to a common type of small lizard found on the ground in Panama).
A: Why don't you want to go out with Mauricio? B: Oh, because he works cleaning floors, and I don't want a borriguero boyfriend.
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To slave away or work like a dog. It refers to working excessive hours or doing grueling labor (the term is derived from the word for mule, a beast of burden).
A: 'How about we go out on Sunday?' B: 'I can't, buddy, I have to muliar.'
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A scab or strikebreaker: a person who replaces a striking worker or an employee who refuses to join a strike.
I heard they wanted to lynch him for being a rompehuelgas. Most people see him as a traitor.
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A seasonal worker hired for the summer in Guadalajara. The name is jokingly considered misleading because it sounds like the job only lasts through the month of August (Agosto), but it actually covers the entire summer. (In central Spain, this refers to temporary staff hired for the peak vacation season).
"Since a lot of tourists are coming, we are looking for Agosteros."
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A derogatory term for an assistant, lackey, or gofer who performs menial tasks for a superior.
Tell your chupe to go buy us lunch so we do not have to leave.
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A strong guy, usually dark-skinned, who performs various physical tasks at a business, such as lifting boxes, labeling, moving equipment, or running errands. He is a general utility worker or handyman. (In the Dominican Republic, the term combines moreno, meaning dark-skinned, with the suffix for automatic, implying he works like a machine).
Get me a couple of morenomáticos to carry this fridge.
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A person associated with the UASD (the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, the main public university in the Dominican Republic). The term refers to: A. A university employee who pretends to work for a salary they consider a joke. B. A perpetual student who drags out their degree by taking only one class per semester. C. A professor who wastes class time talking about themselves, scolding students, or hitting on female students to see if they can get lucky.
A: What are you doing not working? Response: Just waiting for clock-out time so I can start charging for overtime and bonuses. B: All those people who chase after the rector to get their lives sorted out.
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