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Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Venezuela

/mon-DON-go/

A slow-cooked beef tripe soup with spices and vegetables, simmered for hours. In Colombia and Venezuela mondongo is the Saturday soup that nobody refuses when they smell it coming from the street.

Example

"My mom makes the best mondongo in the neighborhood, everyone asks for it."

"The mondongo here has been cooking since the early morning."

Regional synonyms:
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de El Salvador
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de Costa Rica
Bandera de Panamá

/mon-DON-go/

Tripe soup made from beef or pork intestines, wildly popular across Central America as a hangover cure. If you woke up wrecked after a night out, mondongo is your best ally.

Example

"After last night's bender I desperately need a mondongo."

"Grandma's mondongo cures any ailment."

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Trabarse al hablar, no poder articular bien las palabras por pena, nervios o sorpresa en México. Es esa sensación de que la lengua se te enreda, las palabras no salen y terminas diciendo puras incoherencias.