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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

A warning sign in a person or relationship that signals something is seriously wrong. The English term "red flag" crossed into Spanish social media vocabulary completely intact and now dominates conversations about dating and relationships across Latin America and Spain. If you are collecting red flags on someone, the situation is probably not improving.