To sweet-talk — smooth, probably exaggerated talk.
Covers flirting and selling in one word. *Chamuyar a alguien* is working them with charm; *el chamuyo* is the patter itself, and *chamuyero* is someone who is all talk. Affectionately cynical.
Lunfardo, thought to come from Caló, the language of Spanish Roma, where it meant to talk.
Implies the talk is not entirely honest. Calling someone *chamuyero* is a light accusation.
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