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/Sounds like "CHOO" (as in "choose") + "nyoh" (as in "onion")/

Meaning

Freeze-dried potato made through an ancient Andean process that uses the intense nighttime cold and daytime sun of the Bolivian and Peruvian highlands. The result lasts for years without refrigeration and has been a staple of Andean cooking and home economics since pre-Inca times.

Examples

El chairo lleva chuño remojado desde la noche anterior.

The chairo stew uses chuño that has been soaking since the night before.

Sin chuño no se completa un buen guiso andino tradicional.

A good traditional Andean stew is never complete without chuño.

Regional synonyms

To step on the gas, push harder, or bring more intensity to something. Used all across Latin America, "meterle gas" is the call to stop coasting and start driving: a project near its deadline, a car that needs to speed up, or any effort that needs a real, sustained push.