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/Sounds like "bees" (as in "bee") + "NEH" (as in "net") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

In Cuba, someone who makes a living through informal deals, buying and selling whatever they can to get by. From English "business," it describes the person who always has something cooking.

Examples

That bisnero can get you whatever you need, just ask him.

He became a bisnero and now he's never short of anything.

Regional synonyms

A Guarani particle used in Paraguayan Spanish to signal that something is hearsay or secondhand information. Equivalent to "they say that" or "apparently." Used every day in casual speech in Paraguay.