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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "NOH" (as in "note") + "lee" (as in "lead")/

Meaning

A naive fool in Spain, someone gullible and easily deceived who believes everything they are told without question. The panoli never seems to learn no matter how many times they have been tricked before.

Examples

Don't be a sucker, read the contract carefully before you sign anything.

He believed every single word of it like a complete fool.

Regional synonyms

In Cuba, to hustle and figure it out: getting something hard to find through cleverness, connections, or informal means. Resolver is the central verb of Cuban survival, making things appear out of thin air.