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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "beh" (as in "bed") + "YOHN" (as in "yoke") + "KRYOH" + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/

Meaning

Venezuela's national dish: black beans, white rice, shredded beef, and fried sweet plantains all on one plate. The culinary flag of the country, eaten at any hour and deeply tied to Venezuelan identity. Add a fried egg on top and it becomes the perfect meal.

Examples

Pabellón criollo con huevo frito arriba es el desayuno perfecto.

Pabellon criollo with a fried egg on top is the perfect breakfast.

No hay nada más venezolano que comerse un pabellón completo.

There is nothing more Venezuelan than sitting down to a full pabellon.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Venezuela
Pabellón

To mooch off others, to take advantage of everyone's generosity without ever contributing a single peso in Argentina and Uruguay. Garronear is being the social parasite of the group who always eats, drinks, and enjoys without putting in anything.