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/Sounds like "bee" (as in "bee") + "goh" (as in "go") + "ROHN" (as in "row")/

Meaning

An iconic Nicaraguan street food dish made of boiled yuca (cassava), crispy pork rinds (chicharrón), and a tangy curtido slaw of pickled cabbage, all served on a banana leaf. It is the national street food of Nicaragua, said to have originated in Granada, and is cheap, filling, and eaten with your hands off the leaf.

Examples

A vigorón from the market for lunch.

The vigorones from Granada are the most famous.

Regional synonyms

To cause a massive scandal that pulls everyone in. In Mexico, armar el caldo gordo comes from cooking: a rich broth that boils over and splashes everyone nearby. When gossip or conflict reaches this level, nobody escapes it.