GUINEO
The word used in Panama to refer to a banana.
A: "Hey man, pass me a GUINEO, I am starving, dude" B: "There is no GUINEO, buddy, but if you want, just grab a mango from the tree"
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Tag: banana
Definitions tagged banana in the street dictionary.
Panamáfantasma
A poser or phoney who acts like they are someone they are not, usually by showing off or relying heavily on their appearance to impress others.
Look at how that guy shows up, with the leather jacket, getting out of the car... What a fantasma! My God!
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ArgentinaTajadas
A staple Venezuelan side dish consisting of ripe plantains that are sliced and fried until sweet and caramelized. (Tajadas are one of the four essential components of the national dish, pabellon criollo).
"The tajadas are the best part of the pabellon" and "Nothing beats my mom's tajadas."
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VenezuelaGUINEO
A common word for a banana. (While cambur is the standard term in most of Venezuela, guineo is frequently used in western regions like Zulia and the Andes to refer to the fruit).
I like GUINEO more than apples. I do not know what people see in the GUINEO.
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Cambur
The standard word for a banana in Venezuela.
Give me a cambur plant. You should eat a cambur in the morning.
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GUINEO
The standard name used in the Dominican Republic for a banana.
Do not eat GUINEO with habichuela con dulce (a sweet bean cream traditional to the Dominican Republic).
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República DominicanaPlatano
A synonym for banana. It is the exact same fruit, the name simply changes depending on the country. (In Chile, this refers to the common sweet banana eaten raw, unlike in some Caribbean or Central American regions where the word refers specifically to a cooking plantain).
Mom, I want a plátano for dessert.
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Chile