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Colloquial Spanish adjective meaning "cool", "great" or "of very good quality", strongly associated with Colombian speech. It is used for people, places, plans and objects ("qué bacano"), and also as an adverb ("bacanamente").

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Qué plan tan bacano, nos vemos en la terraza," she said."

LORE & ORIGIN

Es.wiktionary defines "bacano" as a colloquial adjective for something of very good quality and pleasant, used in Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela, with a further sense of "very talented" in the Dominican Republic, and says it derives from "bacán". No dated first use was found.

FIRST SEEN
Unknown (long-standing colloquial word; no dated first use found)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
1990s-2020s
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:bacán

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Unknown (long-standing colloquial word; no dated first use found)
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