poroto

In some Latin American countries like Argentina or Chile, 'poroto' is a colloquial term for 'bean'. It can also be used in Argentina as slang to refer to a point or score in some games.

Examples

• Spanish: 1. Nos vamos a comer un guiso de porotos para el almuerzo.
  2. Gané cinco porotos en el juego de cartas.
• English: 1. We are going to eat a bean stew for lunch.
  2. I won five points in the card game.