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/Sounds like "BWEH" + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

The standard way to answer the phone in Mexico. When a Mexican picks up a call and says 'bueno,' it's their version of 'hello?', automatic and unmistakably Mexican.

Examples

Hello? Who is this?

Hello? Yes, tell me.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Chile
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Ecuador
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Venezuela
Aló

A sycophant who flatters those in power to get ahead, the classic yes-man who celebrates even his boss's mistakes. In Colombia and Venezuela, pelota is synonymous with "lambón" or "lame botas": someone who never has their own opinion, only whatever the boss thinks.