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/Sounds like "bah" (as in "bar") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

Great, cool, or a likable person, a Colombian variant of bacano with the same warm energy. Vacano shows up across different regions with slight variations in spelling and pronunciation, but the meaning is consistent: something good, someone pleasant, a situation worth being in.

Examples

That dude is really cool, he's always ready to help.

What an awesome trip!

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Regional synonyms

To take someone for a fool, mock them, or not take them seriously because you think they won't notice. In Mexico it means treating someone like they're too naive to understand what's really going on.