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/Sounds like "RAHN" (as in "rapper") + "syoh"/

Meaning

Something outdated, boring, old-fashioned, or in really bad taste in Spain. Also describes a closed-minded person who refuses to change and keeps living like it's still the 80s.

Examples

That bar is super rancio, let's go somewhere else.

Don't be so rancio, try new things.

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Regional synonyms

To move on from something in the past and keep going without holding a grudge. The emotional equivalent of closing a chapter: you acknowledge what happened and then deliberately leave it behind. Common across Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.