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Program - History - Lunfardo - Dictionary - Tanguerías


Diccionary of Lunfardo for beginners

  a-e f-l m-q r-z

afanar: to steal
apoliyar: to sleep
atorrante: slacker
bacán: wealthy man
berretín: illusion
boliche: bar
boliya, dar: to pay attention
boludo: stupid
bombón: beauty
bronca: anger
cana: police
cachada: joke
canchero: conceited
canasta: jail
chabón: clumsy
chamuya: speaking
chanta: cheat
charleta: chatterbox
choclo: mess
chorro: thief
chusmear: to gossip
concha: vagina
curda: drunk
despelote: mess
enfocar: to observe

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facha: face
fanar: to rob
feca: Café
fiaca: laziness
finir: to die
fulana: a woman
gil: stupid
guita: money
hinchapelotas: fussy
hinchar: to bother
jeta: face
joda: joke
joder: to have fun
joder: to bother, to joke
joderse: to swindle
jodido: harmful, evil
kilombo: brothel, mess
laburar: to work
lentazo: glance
lunfanía: the Muse Lunfa
lunfardo: thief

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macana: lie
macanudo: excellent
mango: a cent
manyar: to eat
mina: woman
mariposón: effeminate
papelón: embarrassment
pavo/pavote: stupid
pedo, al: sensless
pelotudo: stupid
piba: girl
pibe: youngster
plomo: heavy
poronga: penis
pucho: cigarette
puto: homosexual man

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rayado: crazy
quilombo: brothel, mess
sobre: bed
tacañuso: miserly
tarado: idiot
telo: to rent rooms for hours
torta: lesbian
trolo: gay
votacén: Cent
yira: prostitute
yurno: day
zurdo: communist



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