THE
TANGO CITY HAS ITS OWN VOICE. WORDS APPEAR IN EVERY CORNER
PORTEÑAS. YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT: THE STREETS OF BUENOS AIRES SPEAK
SLANG.
THE
LUNFARDO COVERS MUCH OF THE COLLOQUIAL SPEECH OF BUENOS AIRES. JOSEPH
GOBELLO, FOUNDER OF THE ACADEMIA PORTEÑA DE LUNFARDO, DEFINES IT AS
A VOCABULARY MADE UP OF VOICES OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS THAT THE SPEAKER
DE BUENOS AIRES USED IN OPPOSITION TO THE COMMON LANGUAGE. YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THAT THE ARGENTINES SPEAK, SPANISH COURSES! CLICK HERE
ORIGIN .
THE LUNFARDO WAS BORN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY THANKS TO THE
MASS IMMIGRATION OF EUROPEANS. WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF FRENCH, GERMANS AND, MAINLY, ITALIANS AND
SPANISH, MANY WORDS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO BUENOS AIRES SPEECH
FOREIGNERS.
THE
FUSION. THE
CONVENTILLO AND THE BROTHEL WERE THE MEETING POINTS FOR
EXCELLENCE. IMMIGRANTS AND CREOLES AGREED ON THESE
SPACES AND IN THEM THE DIFFERENT VOICES BEGAN TO MERGE.
FOR THIS REASON, TANGO AND LUNFARDO AROSE AT THE SAME TIME:
THE BROTHEL COEXISTED A RANGE OF DANCES, CULTURES AND LANGUAGES
THAT IN ITS AMALGAM GENERATED NEW MUSIC AND AN INNOVATIVE FORM
TO SPEAK THAT, TODAY, ARE THE SYMBOLS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE
PECULIAR IDIOSYNCRASY OF BUENOS AIRES.
MINI
SLANG DICTIONARY.
(ESSENTIAL
FOR THE TRAVELER)
HIND :
STEAL.
BOWLING :
DISCO.
BOLUDO :
SILLY, STUPID // AFFECTIVE VOCATIVE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE USE TO
CALL YOUR FRIENDS.
BONDI :
COLLECTIVE.
GOOD
WAVE :
GOOD ENERGY, COOL.
CHAU:
GOODBYE.
CHABÓN:
PERSON.
CHE :
VOCATIVE CHARACTERISTIC OF ARGENTINES. FOR THIS INTERJECTION
ERNESTO GUEVARA IS CALLED "CHE".
JET :
THIEF.
GIL:
FOOL, ASSHOLE.
MANGO :
PESO (ARGENTINE MONETARY UNIT).
MINA :
WOMAN.
PIBE :
BOY.
SILVER :
MONEY.
PUCHO :
CIGARETTE.
QUILOMBO :
DISORDER, CHAOS.
RE- :
VERY (INTENSITY PREFIX).
TACHO:
TAXI.
TELO :
TRANSITIONAL SHELTER.
TYPE :
MAN.
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