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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "KOHN" (as in "coat")/

Meaning

Green plantain smashed and fried until crispy and golden on the outside. It's the perfect accompaniment to Caribbean Colombian and Venezuelan cuisine, eaten with everything from meat to beans.

Examples

A patacón with hogao and cheese, please.

Coastal patacones are enormous.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Cuba
Bandera de República Dominicana
Bandera de Panamá
Bandera de Puerto Rico
Bandera de Venezuela
Tostones

To snoop or stick your nose into other people's business. In Argentina and Uruguay, chusmear is practically a national pastime: it happens over WhatsApp group chats, through the window, or by deep-diving into someone's social media. The word carries no serious judgment; it is just what curious, social people do.