Guanabee Glossary: Bacán

If you’ve ever asked a Mexican whether it’s cold enough for a chaqueta or asked a Cuban to pass a bollo at dinner, you’ll know that Latino slang terms can vary from country to country, region to region, generation to generation, a reality that often results in embarrassing situations. Guanabee Glossary is our attempt to teach you Latino slang and save you from looking like a weird-ass fool in mixed company. Enjoy it, cabrones.

bacán

[bah-can] adj.

This Chilean slang word is used to describe things that are cool, copasetic, neat, bodacious. Etc.

Que bacán es la wea!

That thing is so cool.