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Meaning of mojado | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/moʊˈhɑdoʊ/

Definitions

wetback

US, slang

Examples

““They're trying to mess around with us,” said a 33-year-old carpenter who identified himself as Alfredo. “But there will still be work, and as long as there's work there will still be ‘mojados.’””
“Mr. Davis provides his own (at times overly folksy) narration, telling us that since a 1994 federal law stepped up immigration patrols in urban centers, people like these mojados have been forced to reroute through the desert, resulting in more than 2,000 deaths from exposure, dehydration and injury in the last 10 years.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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