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afanar
(v) to rob
Yo le afano plata a mi hermano
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I stole money from my brother
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apoliyar
(v) to sleep
Los domingos me levanto de apoliyar
mal dormido
Me apoliyo como un bebé
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Sundays I get up after sleeping
poorly
I slept like a baby
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bagayo
(adj)(m) an ugly person.
Mostly used by men referring to women, but also used by women towards men.
Para mi ella es un bagayo
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To me, she is ugly
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bancar
(v) to support, to be supportive of, to help, to support financially
Te banqué cuando necesitabas un amigo
Bancáme un ratito acá
Mis viejos me bancaron los estudios
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I helped you when you needed a friend
Wait for me here just a while
My parents supported my studies
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bancarse
(v refl.) to stand, to tolerate, to put up with
Se bancó un montón de insultos
No me lo banco más
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He stood up to a lot of insults
I can’t stand it anymore
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bajón
(adj)(m) a downer, something that sucks
¡Es un bajón!
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That sucks!
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barbaridad
(adj)(f) something that is outrageous
¡Eso es una barbaridad!
¡Es una barbaridad toda la genta que
se muere de hambre en africa!
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That is outrageous!
It is an outrage to all the people
starving in africa!
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bárbaro/a
(adj) great, wonderful, cool
¡Estuvo bárbara la fiesta!
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It was an awesome party!
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bombilla
(f) A metal straw with a filter on the end used to drink mate.
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boliche
(m) night club, dance club
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boludez
(f) something that is stupid, foolish or ridiculous; something that is really easy
Es una boludez pensar que yo haría
algo así
El examen fue una boludez
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It's nonsense to think that I would do something
like that
The test was a piece of cake
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boludo/a
One of the most common words used in Argentina. The word basically means dumbass. However, among friends or acquaintances it's not so offensive. It's considered playful, and actually a very common greeting. "Che, boludo... a que hora es el partido?" Che, meaning friend and boludo implying that he is mentally challenged. So, it would be the equivalent of saying, "Hey, dumbass..what time does the game start?" to a friend. However, be careful calling someone a boludo that is not a friend or a stranger. Among friends you'll probably hear it used in almost every sentence.
Pablo: Vamos al cine?
Alejandro: Ni loco boludo, sale muy caro
Pablo: Vas a la fiesta?
Alejandro: No, estoy cansado, me quedo
en casa
Pablo: Que? Boludo, es el viernes,
no se quede en casa
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Pablo: Let´s go see a movie?
Alejandro: No way man, it´s really expensive
Pablo: You going to the party?
Alejandro: No I'm tired, I'm going to stay
home
Pablo: What? It's Friday dumbass,
don't stay at home
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bondi
(m) bus
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botón
(m) a snitch, tattle teller
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cagada
(f) something that sucks, crap
¡Que cagada!
¡El proceso es una cagada!
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That sucks!
The process is a mess!
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cagar
(v) to shit; to disappoint; to ruin; to betray
Nos cagaste la fiesta
Irse a cagar
Su novio la cagó con otra mujer
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You ruined the party (for us)
To go to hell(shit); To fuck off
Her boyfriend betrayed her with another woman
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cagarse
(v refl.) to shit on oneself, to be a coward
Te cagas de risa
Se caga de miedo
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You laugh so hard you shit yourself
He shits himself from fear
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cana
(f) the police, the cops
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capo
(adj)(m) a cool person or the person in charge
A capo in the mafia is the boss. Don Corleone was the boss of all the bosses in The Godfather
Sos un capo
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You're a boss(cool guy)
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careta
(f) a snobbish person, someone who always goes to expensive fashionable places who lives by fashion and image
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chabón
(m) a guy
Similar to Pibe
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chamuyo
(m) a line; a smooth talker
Often used to describe guys that say whatever to try to pick up girls (chamuyero).
¿Cual fue tu mejor chamuyo para
levantarte a una mina?
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What was your best line to
pick up a chick?
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chamuyar
(v) to sweet talking; to scam, to try to pick someone up
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chupamedias
(f) a suck up, a brown noser
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che
(interj.) Sometimes used to get someone´s attention. Also, used among friends it can be somewhat of a term of endearment. Or used with people you don´t know, as a way of addressing them.
Often used to describe guys that say whatever to try to pick up girls.
Che, por acá!
Chau che
Vamos che, dejame pasar
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Hey, over here!
Later man
Come on man, let me in
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colectivo
(m) bus
El colectivo chocó con un camión
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The bus was in an accident(crash) with a truck
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copado/a
(adj) good, cool
Used for people, places and events.
Tu hermano es re copado
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Your brother is very cool
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embole
(m) a boring activity or thing
Esta película es un embole
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This is a boring movie
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faso
(m) a marijuana joint
gil/a
a stupid person, a fool, a naive person, a foolish act, a stupid thing
grasa
(adj)(f) kitsch, tasteless, rude(person)
groso
(adj)(m) someone or something that is great or awesome
¡Que groso que sos!
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You are so awesome!
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guita
(f) money
No tengo gita
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I don´t have any money
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joda
(f) a joke, kidding, non-serious things, going out drinking and f'ing around
Una buena joda bien hecha!
Necesito estar más tiempo con mis amigas para salir de joda y conocer otros tipos
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A good joke, well done!
I need to be with my girls(friends) more to go out and pick-up guys
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joder
(v) to bullshit, to joke around
¿Me estas jodiendo?
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Are you shitting me?
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laburar
(v) to work
¿En que laboras?
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What kind of work do you do?
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laburo
(m) job, work
Estoy buscando laburo en otro pais
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I am looking for work in another country
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luca
(f) a thousand pesos
Mil pesos serán una luca y un millón
de pesos se convertirán en un palo
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One thousand pesos would be a luca and a million
pesos becomes a palo
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mango
(m) peso
Eso sale viente mangos
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That goes for twenty pesos
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mate
(m) a traditional Argentine drink similiar to tea. Mate also refers to the gourd in which the Yerba is drank from.
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micro
(m) a bus that goes out of the city from one city or town to another.
Podes viajar a Cordoba en micro
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You can travel to Cordoba by bus
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mina
(f) a teenage girl or woman
It's slightly degrading, but not really. It's similiar to the English usage of chicks, but probably more common.
¿Donde conociste esa mina?
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Where did you meet that chick?
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morfar
(v) to eat
Tengo hambre, quiero morfar
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I am hungry, I want to eat
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morfi
(m) food; something to eat, a meal
Lo unico bueno de la navidad es estar en familia y el morfi nada mas
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The only good thing about Christmas is to be with family and the food, nothing else
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mufa
(f) a person who brings bad luck, a jinx
Mi mejor amiga es mufa... no puedo ver partidos con ella porque seguro salgo
perdiendo
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My best friend is a jinx...I can't watch sports with her, because then they will surely lose
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orto
(m) ass
Similiar to culo but more obscene
palo
(m) a million pesos
Esta casa sale u palo
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This house goes for one million pesos
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patovica
(m) a person who guards the access to night clubs/boliches
Generally the gym-going muscle type.
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pelotudo/a
(m) an idiot; a moron; a jerk
It's used in the same way as boludo.
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pibe
(m) kid; youngster; dude
Piba is used rarely, sounds a bit rude for girls.
Los pibes le gustan fumar porro
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The youngesters like to smoke weed
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porro
(m) a marijuana joint; weed
Vamos a fumar un porro
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Let's smoke a joint
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porteño/a
(n)(adj) a person that is from Buenos Aires
Also, used as an adjective to describe something that is very typical of Buenos Aires
Ese bar es muy porteño
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That bar is very typical Buenos Aires
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pucho
(m) a cigarette
¿Me prestas un pucho?
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Can I get a cigarette?
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quilombo
(m) a mess; a disaster; a chaotic thing
El tránsito en Buenos Aires es un quilombo
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The transit (system) in Buenos Aires is a disaster
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tipo
(m) a guy; (adv) around or approximately
Conocí a un tipo en la calle
La fiesta empieza tipo las dos
por la mañana
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I met some guy in the street
The party starts around two
in the morning
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trucho/a
(n)(adj) a fake or counterfeit thing
Compré una pelicula trucha
Sus tetas son truchas
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I bought a counterfeit movie
Her tits are fake
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