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/Sounds like "MWEH" + "gah" (as in "garden") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

A sticky sweet made of bread pieces coated in brown sugar syrup or honey. In Mexico, the muégano is the candy that glues to your teeth and makes everything taste like caramel.

Examples

I bought some muéganos at the fair and my hands were sticky all day.

The muéganos from Puebla are the most famous in the country.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Guatemala
Charamuscas

To flirt deliberately or make a move on someone in Spain, throwing obvious hints of romantic interest and waiting to see if they land. The name comes from tejo, a stone you throw in a traditional game. When you tirar los tejos, you are not being subtle.