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/Sounds like "TEE" (as in "tea") + "oh" (as in "oh") + "BWEH" + "noh" (as in "note")/
A very physically attractive man, a super common informal compliment in Spain. Used both among female friends commenting about someone and as a direct compliment, applicable to any age as long as the looks are there.
“The waiter is a tío bueno.”
“Did you see the new neighbor? He's a tío bueno, they don't make them like that anymore.”
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A very physically attractive man, a super common informal compliment in Spain. Used both among female friends commenting about someone and as a direct compliment, applicable to any age as long as the looks are there.
“The waiter is a tío bueno.”
“Did you see the new neighbor? He's a tío bueno, they don't make them like that anymore.”
Le cayó el veinte
The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.