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/Sounds like the English word "bal" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AH" (as in "art") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

A folded flour tortilla filled with refried beans, shredded cheese, and melted butter, the quintessential Honduran breakfast. The baleada is to Honduras what the taco is to Mexico: pure national identity.

Examples

A simple baleada for breakfast.

Doña María's baleadas are legendary.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Taco
Bandera de Costa Rica
Gallo

A strange, clever, or hard-to-read person who always seems to have a plan up their sleeve. In Argentina a "bicho" is someone you can never quite figure out: they always know more than they let on, which makes them fascinating or untrustworthy depending on the situation.