Sandwich pizzero para el mejor bajón

What does “bajón” mean in Argentine Spanish?

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.”