Cool, nice, great — the friendly all-rounder.
The safest positive word in the region. Where bacano is distinctly Colombian, chévere travels — Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Panama all use it. Works for plans, people, and news, and is perfectly polite with anyone.
Traced to West African languages via the Caribbean; it surfaced in Venezuela and Cuba first, then spread across the northern half of Latin America.
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