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/Sounds like "peen" (as in "pea") + "TOHN" (as in "toll")/
In Argentina and Uruguay, a handsome man with great presence, the kind who turns heads when he walks into a room. Pintón carries a visual quality, like he was drawn well. The feminine pintona exists but gets used less often.
“Tu hermano está pintón, ¿tiene novia?”
“Your brother is really good-looking, is he single?”
“Se arregló para la fiesta y quedó pintón con ese traje.”
“He dressed up for the party and looked sharp in that suit.”
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/Sounds like "peen" (as in "pea") + "TOHN" (as in "toll")/
In Argentina and Uruguay, a handsome man with great presence, the kind who turns heads when he walks into a room. Pintón carries a visual quality, like he was drawn well. The feminine pintona exists but gets used less often.
“Tu hermano está pintón, ¿tiene novia?”
“Your brother is really good-looking, is he single?”
“Se arregló para la fiesta y quedó pintón con ese traje.”
“He dressed up for the party and looked sharp in that suit.”
Estar down
Feeling sad, low, or emotionally drained. The English word "down" that young Latinos adopted across the region to describe that heavy mood where everything feels like too much and you don't even want to answer messages. Lighter than "depressed" but more specific than just "sad."