Chilaquiles
Mexican Breakfast Slang: What to Eat the Morning After the Game
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Meaning
Corn dough stuffed with fillings and wrapped in banana or corn leaves, found all across Latin America with a thousand variations. Every country swears theirs are the best.
Examples
“My grandma's tamales are the best in the world.”
“In December you can't skip the tamales.”
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/Sounds like "tah" (as in "tar") + "MAHL" (as in "mark")/
Meaning
Corn dough stuffed with fillings and wrapped in banana or corn leaves, found all across Latin America with a thousand variations. Every country swears theirs are the best.
Examples
“My grandma's tamales are the best in the world.”
“In December you can't skip the tamales.”
Regional synonyms
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Piropo
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A compliment tossed at someone in public, usually about their looks. In Spanish-speaking cultures, piropos range from poetic verses to blunt flattery. How welcome they are depends entirely on context and tone: street piropos are increasingly seen as unwanted in big cities.