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bacano
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “bacano” mean?
cool, awesome
Example
“Qué bacano el concierto de Karol G.”
The Karol G concert was so cool.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: estupendo
Heard in a conversation
The concert queue
Nico Fresca, llave. Mateo es un berraco: llegó a las seis y nos guardó puesto.
Chill, bro. Mateo's a legend: he got here at six and saved us a spot.
Sara ¡Qué bacano! ¿Y el resto del parche?
Awesome! And the rest of the crew?
Nico Adelante, con Mateo. Pero ¡pilas con el celular, que aquí hay mucha gente!
Up front, with Mateo. But watch your phone, it's packed here!
🔥 How other countries say “awesome”
- 🇵🇷 brutalPuerto Rico
- 🇵🇪 pajaPeru · Peru only: crude elsewhere.
- 🇨🇱 la rajaChile
- 🇲🇽 chingónMexico · A bit crude.
- 🇦🇷 grosoArgentina
- 🇪🇸 de puta madreSpain · Vulgar, but everyday.
More from Colombia
- chéverecool, great
- ¡Qué pena!Sorry! / How embarrassing!
- ¡Qué chimba!Awesome! / So cool!
- guayabohangover
- berracotough, brilliant; furious
- mameraa drag, a bore
- pailatoo bad; screwed
- ¡Qué boleta!How tacky! / How embarrassing!
Songs from Colombia
- La Camisa Negra · JuanesLevel A2
- Vida de Rico · CamiloLevel A2
- Waka Waka (Esto es África) · ShakiraLevel A2
- Mi Gente · J Balvin, Willy WilliamLevel A2
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