bacán
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “bacán” mean?
cool, great
Example
“¡Qué bacán tu polo!”
Your T-shirt is so cool!
Good to know
Chile and Colombia say it too.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: genial
Heard in a conversation
Stuck in the combi
Renzo Ya, tranqui. Te guardo tu sitio y tu canchita.
OK, relax. I'll save your seat and your popcorn.
Fiorella ¡Bacán! Eres un pata de verdad.
Awesome! You're a real friend.
Renzo Ja, ja. Apúrate, que la canchita no dura.
Ha ha. Hurry up, the popcorn won't last.
😎 How other countries say “cool”
- 🇲🇽 chidoMexico
- 🇪🇸 guaySpain
- 🇦🇷 copadoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 chévereColombia
- 🇨🇱 bacánChile
- 🇵🇷 nítidoPuerto Rico
- 🇻🇪 chévereVenezuela · Shared with Colombia.
More from Peru
- ¡Asu mare!Wow! / Oh my God!
- ¡Qué palta!How awkward!
- rocheembarrassment
- piñabad luck; unlucky
- estar templadoto be in love, smitten
- estar asadoto be angry, fuming
- picónsore loser, easily offended
- mostroawesome, great
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