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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "chee" (as in "cheek") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "pee" (as in "pea") + "BEEL" (as in "bee")/

Meaning

A traditional Yucatecan dish made with marinated pork, achiote, and sour orange, cooked in a pib oven, a sacred dish of Yucatecan cuisine.

Examples

A cochinita pibil sandwich at 2 am in Merida is the best.

The cochinita pibil with habanero and red onion is perfect.

Regional synonyms

An excessively snobbish person in Mexico who thinks everything is beneath them and only accepts the most exclusive stuff. Won't drink tap water, only eats at expensive restaurants, and side-eyes anyone not wearing designer brands.