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/Sounds like "fahc" (as in "far") + "TOO" (as in "tool") + "rahs" (as in "rapper")/

Meaning

Bakery pastries and sweet breads in Argentina, everything that accompanies afternoon mate. Medialunas, vigilantes, cañoncitos, bolas de fraile and more: going out to buy facturas is a sacred ritual.

Examples

I bought a dozen facturas for mate.

Argentine facturas are the best in the world.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Bollo

An informal pickup soccer game between friends, no league, no referee, just pure street football on any available patch of ground. In Costa Rica, the mejenga is a social institution: on weekends and after work, groups of Ticos gather to play for the joy of playing. No other Spanish-speaking country uses this exact word.