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/Sounds like "loh" (as in "loan") + "ROH" (as in "row") + "koh" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

An edible flower widely used in Salvadoran and Guatemalan cooking. Loroco is the classic filling for pupusas paired with cheese, with a mild, distinctive aroma and flavor unlike any other culinary flower. If you eat pupusas in El Salvador or Guatemala, you have almost certainly tasted it.

Examples

Las pupusas de loroco con queso son las más pedidas en ese comedor. (Loroco and cheese pupusas are the most popular order at that diner.)

Compré loroco fresco para preparar las pupusas del domingo. (I bought fresh loroco to make pupusas on Sunday.)

Regional synonyms

To take a shortcut to get somewhere faster or resolve something more directly. In Argentina, taking a shortcut can be literal (another route) or figurative (avoiding unnecessary steps in a process).