What does “bajón” mean in Argentine Spanish?

Sandwich pizzero para el mejor bajón

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bajón
Rioplatense low-mood/craving slang
a low mood, a letdown, or a sudden craving for comfort food

Bajón is Rioplatense slang — from Argentina and Uruguay — for a sudden low mood, a letdown, or a late-night craving for comfort food. In this recipe clip, “opciones rápidas para bajonear” means quick options for when you’ve got the munchies, and the fix on offer is a pizza-dough sandwich stuffed with cheese.

The word comes from bajo, “low” or “down,” turned into a noun for the feeling itself; the related verb bajonearse means “to get down/depressed.” It’s flexible slang — it can describe anything from disappointing news to a post-party crash — but its most common everyday use, as here, is simply “food that fixes a bad mood.”

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this C1 Spanish listening practice video?

81.2%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Spanish words
Most of the words in this video are common Spanish words.

How common in written Spanish

75.2%
Top 1,000
81.2%
Top 2,000
91.1%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Spanish

88.2%
Top 1,000
94.1%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Spanish.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than C1. Here is what they mean.

pomelo
2×
Not in top 5,000
grapefruit
sandwichito
2×
Not in top 5,000
small sandwich

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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