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title: "fuego · GenZ Decoded"
description: "fuego: Spanish for fire, used in English to call something excellent, and a common way to say food is really good. Meaning, Millennial usage, and related slang."
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# fuego

Millennial[#cool](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/approval/)

**Meaning.** Spanish for fire, used in English to call something excellent, and a common way to say food is really good.

See it in a sentence

these tacos are fuego

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [bussin](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bussin/),[Bussin fr fr](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bussin-fr-fr/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    fuego

- Gen X

    [killer](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/killer/)

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    spanish for fire, used in English to call something excellent, and a common way to say food is really good

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## Related slang

- [fly](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fly/): Very cool or stylish.
- [fresh](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fresh/): Cool, stylish, or impressive, especially in appearance.
- [gnarly](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gnarly/): Extreme or intense; can mean impressive or, in another sense, disgusting.
- [goat](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/goat/): Greatest of all time.

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