kahera
kahéra with stress marks
female cashier
Usage Note
Kahera is borrowed from Spanish cajera and refers to a female cashier at a store, bank, or market. In everyday Philippine speech, kahera is often used generically regardless of the cashier's gender — a pattern common in the service industry — while the masculine counterpart kahero is more strictly reserved for men.
Examples
" Tanungin mo ang kahera. "
Natural Translation
Ask the cashier.
Literal Translation
Ask you the cashier.
" Pumunta siya sa kahera para magbayad. "
Natural Translation
He/She went to the cashier to pay.
Literal Translation
Went he/she to-the cashier to pay.
" Mabait ang kahera sa tindahan kaya lagi siyang ngumingiti habang inihahanda ang sukli ng mga mamimili. "
Natural Translation
The cashier at the store is kind, so she always smiles while preparing the customers' change.
Literal Translation
Kind the cashier in store so always she-that smiling while preparing the change of the buyers.
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