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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "pee" (as in "pea") + "LEEN" (as in "lead")/
An edible leafy plant central to Guatemalan and Salvadoran cooking. Its green leaves go into tamales, soups, and tortillas, giving them a distinctive flavor that is immediately recognizable to anyone raised on Central American food.
“Chipilín tamales are the taste of childhood in El Salvador.”
“I found fresh chipilín at the market to make the soup.”
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An edible leafy plant central to Guatemalan and Salvadoran cooking. Its green leaves go into tamales, soups, and tortillas, giving them a distinctive flavor that is immediately recognizable to anyone raised on Central American food.
“Chipilín tamales are the taste of childhood in El Salvador.”
“I found fresh chipilín at the market to make the soup.”
Valió queso
A euphemistic Mexican expression meaning something went wrong, failed, or got ruined. The soft, funny way of saying something is completely done for.