Community

Your word isn't here yet

Join Hablaaa and add the expression no one else has documented.

/Sounds like "lohn" (as in "loan") + "cheh" (as in "check") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "ah" (as in "art")/

Meaning

A small, affordable eatery that sells lonches, tortas, and quick food at wallet-friendly prices. The lonchería is the working Mexican's restaurant, fast, cheap, and generous portions.

Examples

I always eat at the lonchería next to the office.

Doña Mary's lonchería has the best tortas in the neighborhood.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Ecuador
Hueca

Deep sadness, nostalgia, or emotional heaviness caused by missing someone or something. Used in Colombia, guayabo has nothing to do with a hangover here; it is a weight in the soul, the specific ache you carry when someone you loved is no longer part of your daily life and the absence just sits there.