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/Sounds like "meh" (as in "met") + "loh" (as in "loan") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "TOHN" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A sweet, juicy fruit with velvety skin that Spain calls melocotón and Latin America calls durazno. Perfect for eating fresh in summer, in homemade syrup, or as artisanal jam.

Examples

The seasonal melocotones are delicious.

I love melocotón juice.

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Regional synonyms

To be completely broke after overspending, that state where the money is gone and payday feels impossibly far away. In Mexico, "quedar tronado" captures the specific misery of having spent everything and now having to wait it out.