Slices of green plantain smashed flat and fried twice until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Tostones are a mandatory side dish in the Caribbean — no meal is complete without them.

A home run in baseball — the most exciting hit in the game, when the ball sails out of the park and the batter rounds all the bases in pure celebration. It's the adapted Spanish spelling used across Latin America's baseball-loving nations.

To strike out the batter with three strikes in baseball — the most humiliating moment for the hitter and most glorious for the pitcher. Also used to say something broke down, like a flat tire.

A song that hits insanely hard, a musical banger that plays everywhere and you can't stop listening to. In reggaeton and urban music, calling a track a palo is the highest compliment you can give an artist.