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el arrabal
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Slum at the edges of Buenos Aires,
described as resulting from an overflow of poor squatters from the city, rather than deterioration of older neighborhoods |
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el placero
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horse-drawn coach often used as a taxi;
found waiting for hire in a plaza, hence the name |
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finado(a)
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=difunto
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el quilombo
(2 significados) |
=lupanar;
chaos, great disorder ("Esta casa es un gran _____") |
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guapo(a)
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(lun) brave
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la milonga
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(lun) club, cabaret, dance party
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la biaba
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(lun) beating
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el hembraje
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(lun) a group of women
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cebar maté
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to prepare and serve
the herbal drink of Argentina |
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la escupida
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gob of spit
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salir como escupida
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to shoot out "like a bat out of hell"
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ser la escupida de _________
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to be the spitting image of _____
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la barra (brava)
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gangster posse
(also, hooligan supporters of a sports team) |
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abrir cancha
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to make plenty of room
("¡Vayan ______endo _____, señores, que la llevo dormida!") |
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la cancha
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backyard or any large space
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el rancho
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a shack, a poor person's dwelling made with cast-off materials
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el compadrito
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"tough guy," usually of gaucho stock, forced off the land and driven to the slums of Buenos Aires to become a petty criminal
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el guacho
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gamin or street kid,
implies "orphan," "homeless," and "bastard" |
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la caña
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small glass of beer, usually the smallest volume a bar sells
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la chalina
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scarf used as a cravat
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cercar
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to hem in (a person, threateningly)
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el chambergo
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a brimmed hat, like a musketeer's
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el poste
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post, pillar
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el alambrado (2 significados)
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(n) wire fencing, especially barbed;
also electrical wiring |
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el fiyingo
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(lun)=arma blanca, "cold steel"
bladed weapon, including hatchets and swords |
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atolondrado(a)
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reckless
("De puro _________ me le fui encima y le encajé la zurda en la facha.") |
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con sorna
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sarcastically
("Dije como __ ____") |
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carnear
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to butcher (an animal)
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hachar
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to hack, cut down
(eg, a tree or a finger)(with an axe) |
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el estorbo
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encumbrance or obstruction
("¡Tú siempre has de servir de __________, pendejo!") |
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los andurriales
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wilderness, wild remote place
("En estos ________ hay uno que tiene mentas de cuchillero y de malo.") |
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tener mentas de _______
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=tener fama de
("En estos andurriales hay uno que ____ ____ __ cuchillero y de malo.") |
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la chamuchina
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mob (of people)
("El Corralero fue empujado hacia él con ese viento de _________ pifiadora detrás.") |
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ir a los barquinazos
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go bumping and swaying
(up a road-said of carriages and cars) |
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aindiado(a)
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looking like an Indian,
either by features or skin color ("La cara requerdo que era _______, esquinada.") |
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fornido(a)
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brawny, muscular
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y eso que
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even though....(emphatic)
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la facha
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(n) face;
also look, appearance
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encajar
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(v) land (a punch, a position)
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desahogarse
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(vr) = desfogarse; let off emotional "steam"
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rezongar
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to grumble, say in a grumbling way
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echar un vistazo
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to have a look arround
(though "revisar" would be better for formal speech) |
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el bolacero
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b.s.-er, liar
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el yuyo
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(lun) insipid person, "loser"
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el montón
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a "bunch"; a mass or cluster
(may refer to a "bunch"of people) |
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traspasar
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(v) transfer (an object or one's business)
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aviar
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(v) tidy up in preparation
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el bailongo
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(n) public dance
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el bochinche
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(n) gossiping
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la cachetada
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(n) Am: slap to the face
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el barullo
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(n) noisy turmoil
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arrastrado(a)
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(adj) wretched, poor
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el planazo
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(n) = golpe
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el pescante
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(n) coach driver's seat
(situated just over the wagon tongue, hence the name) |
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entrecano(a)
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(adj) "salt-and-pepper" (said of facial hair of all kinds)
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ser del montón
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to be "a dime a dozen;"
ie, ordinary, vulgar |
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el ñandubay
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(n) Prosopis affinis, a flowering tree related to mesquite and the pea, produces a very hard, reddish wood
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resistente para
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(adj) tough, durable
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guitarrear (2 significados)
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to play the guitar;
to b.s., improvise a speech with total ignorance of the subject |
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doblar la esquina
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(v phrase) turn the corner
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aturdir
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to stun, daze
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encandilado(a)
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dazzled by light or false appearances
("Se adelantó para quedarse ________ por tanto hembraje y tanta luz.") |
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la jeta
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=facha, cara
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al ñudo
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=al nudo (uselessly)
("Linda __ ____ la noche.") |
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la trompada
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blow with a fist, a "sock"
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acatar
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(v trans) to comply with
("Hasta la jeta del mulato ciego que tocaba el violín _______ ese rumbo.") |
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el fustazo
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=azote
(blow from a whip) |
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el changango
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(Arg) small guitar
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naides
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=nadie
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el italianaje
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a group of Italians ("Guineas")
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decirle _______
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to name somebody ______
("Yo soy Francisco Real que me _______el Corralero.") |
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pifiador(a)
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(Ar) joking, mocking
(said of a mob) |
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el balaquero
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=fanfarrón
(a boastful person) |
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apaisanado
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déle
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give to him!
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ir (llegar) de paquete
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to look sharp, well dressed
(Sabía llegar de lo más _______) |
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zoncero(a)
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stupid
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como si tal cosa...
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(adv phrase) as if it never happened
("Siguió ____ __ ___ ____, adelante.") |
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arriar
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to flood, swamp, wash away
("El tango hizo su voluntad con nosotros y nos ______ y nos perdía.") |