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/Sounds like "behn" (as in "bed") + "dee" (as in "deep") + "SYOHN"/

Meaning

An ironic way to refer to a child, especially when someone has many or had them very young. Used with dark humor about parenthood.

Examples

She already has 3 bendiciones and she's only 22.

I can't go out, I've gotta take care of the bendición.

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Regional synonyms

In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, neighborhood gossip and idle chatter that travels mouth to mouth, always arriving exaggerated to the last person who hears it.