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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "KEH" (as in "kept") + "nyoh" (as in "onion")/

Meaning

A dough stick filled with white cheese, Venezuela's most popular appetizer. In Venezuela no party is complete without tequeños: they're the first snack to disappear from the tray at any gathering.

Examples

I made tequeños for the party and they were gone in ten minutes.

Where are the tequeños? I ate them all myself.

Regional synonyms

In Colombia, to take unnecessary risks or stir up trouble for no good reason, pushing your luck into dangerous territory you have no business being in. The person who "empuja el tigre" is provoking consequences they could easily avoid if they just had the sense to walk away.