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/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

A person deeply attached or devoted to someone or something, unable to stop fussing over them. In Panama, "culeco" describes the grandparent glued to their grandchild, or the person obsessed with a song they have played a thousand times. Pure, unfiltered devotion.

Examples

Está culeco con su primer nieto, no lo suelta. (He's completely smitten with his first grandchild, won't put him down.)

Me tiene culeca esa canción, la pongo a cada rato. (That song has me hooked, I play it on repeat.)

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de España
Bandera de Uruguay
Engolosinarse

A jacket worn as outerwear to stay warm. In Mexico, it's the standard word for any kind of casual jacket you throw on when it's cold.