The same flank muscles (NAMP 193). Vacío is the Argentine cut, grilled whole on the asado; Mexican falda is simmered in caldo de res or shredded as falda deshebrada.
Translation takeaway
These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.
Keep Falda and Vacío together in your notebook.
Names by country
| Country | Falda | Vacío |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Flank steak | Flank steak |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Flank | Flank steak |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Bavette de flanchet |
| 🇪🇸Spain | — | Vacío |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | — | Vacío |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Falda | — |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | — | Vazio |
| 🇮🇹Italy | — | Pancia di manzo |
| 🇩🇪Germany | — | Bauchlappen |