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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "dyah" + "LOO" (as in "loop") + "nahs" (as in "nacho")/

Meaning

Argentine croissants that come in butter or lard versions, sweet and glazed. They're the quintessential Buenos Aires breakfast, inseparable from a morning café con leche.

Examples

Three butter medialunas and a cortado, please.

The medialunas from that bakery are legendary.

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Regional synonyms

To flip out, trip, or lose touch with reality in Spain. Fliparse is when someone goes overboard and starts doing or saying things that make no sense, like they're living in their own movie.