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    \When your Argentine friend shows up late and exclzims Che chabon! No sebés. se ‘cage Ia chata en Ia loma del orto y nos ‘quedamos cn bolas!" do you wish you hed ald more artention in Spanish class? No ‘worries, it woukin't have helped you anyway. This book will. Argentines speak a Unique hind of Castellano ried with slang thar you won't find n your Spanish dictionary. ‘(Che Boludol’ is your aude to keeping up in Argentina "Che Boludr is an essential tool for any ssfingo wo wants to mingle with the Argentines!’ - Bony Planet Travel Guide The mest colorful language since Swahilir ~ Adventure Guy Magazine "Don’t be a pelotude, read this book! Jaime Miguel Helecho AOA RDS James Bracken iChe Boludo! A Grlago's Guide to Understanding the Argentines i James Bracken acon Jane Che bala res teen een Hema a og ds Rail esate -2a ef. aioe Came 2008 7252013 om 1seN78$47:1373.109 Joga Atgeate- Dion. Laut, Rate 1 Tmo 00 67580 Feo do onal IPOS200R (he Bot « ete, 205 ‘reps, 2007 an nrc cee, aye 208 steeped an Fen Caan {C1724 (20) Hooke Te (2368) 461478 ‘wu pts ebwoncomserszageieenfovincon a Director ers Ret gre CHE BOLUDO! A Gringo’s Guide to Understanding the Argentines James Bracken Dibujo: Marin Chilo 2008 £4 DDITORAL CALEUGHE Ee aia Tea ta Pare Kaicito, mi qvlombero PROLoco Acgentines love to tlk, They communicate divectly, openly and often loudly. n Aagentina thee is m9 taboo ia the use of foul langungo. respectable old woman will ‘wea lke a sail and no one bas an eye. Fools ae not suffoced lightly and anyone behaving in a pretentious or ‘obnoxious manner will be sharply repimanded, some- times with just a simple gesture of the ands, Political ‘oupciness doct not exist in Argentina because it would ‘only impede getting your point across. Ifyou are a bit ‘overweight your nickname might be ‘el Gordo", oc you have a dark complexion they might call you ‘Negro’ oF if you happen to be of Polish descent, el Polaco’. No, offense is intended, none is taken and there is no fuse morality to confuse ike iasust, When Argentines comme nite with one snotber is evident that their Gestor of speech isreal nde strong par: of their identity. Although Argentiaes are extremely patriotic and will not hesicate to tell you that their country has the tallest moustains, the tastiest beef the most beautfal women, the finest ‘wine and the best footballers in the world, they will also bbe quick to point out that thee country is ran by corrupt politicians end is full of ulahittors end orooks, The truth is Which country isn't?” but Atgoatines ia paticalaral= ways seem tobe just as aware of their ov short-omings es they ave of oti's, This keen sense of discernment i ilustrated by the vast quantity of words used to precsely describe an idiot, a brogear lia, a soam or the quality cof anything from personal eharacter 6 household appli= ances. The Argentines uso these words with such passion and froqueney thet a foreigner will eventually have to ase "What is ‘boludo end why can't find iin my Spanish dlietionary? ‘The distinct form of Spanish spoken in most of Ar- gentina toxtay is most accurately described 2s ro platense ‘nd can be identified by its use ofthe pronoun "vos" (you) 1s well a shh ora soft sound when pronouncing 1 ory (eg. pollo-posko, yerba-sherba) Rio Piatose receives its ‘ame Gorn the Rio dela Plata, which borders the prov Inge of Buenos Aires and defines the mest populated ze- gion of Argentina (Uruguay, located ecto the Rio de lt Pata from Argentina, ir alse home toro plats Span isk) Alhougl: & geographically messive country with an Incredibly diverse populaton, Argentina has received ‘ost ofits cultwal and lingvel infioonoos ftom the sheor number of those who speak Rio Platese. The majcrity ofthis population is desoended from the huge influx of rmmnigeans that arrived, forall parts of che world, to the port of Buenos Aires in the early 20" century. The par- Vicar language and slang that evolved in te streets of ‘Buenos Ares at his time is refered to ee Lamfizdo and is dircily related to Tango music and cult, Lunferdo ‘nas fs owen vocabulary and ward play such as syllable inversions (pizza ~ zap, cfé-foce) thot originatod «5 vway Tor fos tn communicate beyond the undersing of the police and prison guneds. Much Lunfardo reflects a lie of crime and treachery and could be why most Argentines appear to be s0 streetwise when spesking (hci wave tongue. Although e great deal of Laniando ‘at found a permanent place inthe Acgentine vocab lary, "Che Boluda!” is note dictionary of Lunfardo but a comprehensive guide to understating the slang, ex pressions, gestures and Rio Platense Spanish that i used ‘Throughout most of Argentina today. Everyone fora the celohrated Tango singers tothe infamous enachos tothe ‘youth of today bas made their contribution, May’ words and expressions vary from place to place and to accu rately cover them all would be impossible as language is constantly crossing borders and evolving tough the ‘generations. With globalization humadreds of languages te becoming extinct as ethers begin to shaxe their vo= cabuley. Shopping, super, heppy how, delivery, winner and beavy ere some ofthe mary English words acted into the Argentine vocabulary. Oa the etner han, wien speaking cbout New York, most Argentines will insist on pronourcing tas Nuevo Sshork, @ dee! ranslaten of English name into Argentine dialect. This would be lke referting to Buenos Aires 26 “Good Ar’ and expecting anyone to know what city you were talking about, Hie suns often adopt the nos: Mud form of expression and ‘whatever rolls off ofthe fongue tho easiest rogarcloze of ‘how it may be interpreted literally. The English wansla-™ tions of many of the words and expressions found inthis bbockare quite cbsurd and thos provided much inspiration forthe creation of "Che Boiudo!” In Argertina You will hear frequent use ofthe word pedo (fart) cud would be Ted to beticve that the Argentines are quite gaseous. AS ‘you will seein this book, pode has about adoven diferent tncanings depending on the cont in which i 6 used, “The iter meanings ot words and phrasos aro given to Delp clcity dhese mattecs. What is mst important s to remember that certain collogualisms ere only appropri- fat in certain situations and that dis book is to be used wisely, Read it, listen to the Argentines and be yruong god friends before spouting out eny of iis contents, A {lure of god judgment conld likely resuit in an embar- ‘asting situation o, worse yet, offending somcone and ‘promplly recsiving rampads. Vos With the exception Of a few other specific paris of Colembis, Bolivie and Contal America, Rio Platense is ‘unique ia suse ofthe pronoun “was (you). Hiswet cer tain mhethor or not “veo comes ftom Pertuguese vor, spac] “vosotras' or an antiquated fon of addressing someone ofthe ute importance suchas ned or the king ‘Whatever its origins may be, the use of ‘ros! in Rio Platense is accepted as legitimate Castellano, In Rio ‘Plalcase, “o3' alo has its own form of conjugation. Tae only differences between the conjugation of "ves" and ‘tu’ ate found in tho cimple prosent fens> end imperative (commana) form. Ya most eases itis usually only aamater ‘of en accented syllable, Ifyou speak using “vos” instond ‘of tu" or ‘usted, iis importa! tht you recognize these conjugation and use them accordingly, The examples iven aze to illustrate the diferences between conugat- ing "ty snd “vos,” Rio Platens, tke Fspatol, also uses “usted” in coses where respect is shown such a8 when ‘peaking to an elder with wham one isnot iimate ve ves sor (tote) vos sos estar(tobs) vos ests ves caminds fener ((ohave) vos ens e er (ows) vou quent subir ogo mp) vossubis ve iacone)—_vsvesis pensar (1 ink) vorpests decir (osay) vos decis contar ‘vos contis (oe), to.count) ‘w _ imperative tu ores westis ‘carinas quieres mses dices weventas jeel jest jeamina! tere! jquerst ssubit iventt = ipensat det cont 4 Diccionario fo marae non {tence ioe tog) eine (paddy tr gets {ol ernaten (25) ai 1 Ie eng of eno abollado [ed] lt. dente: someone who appears tobe in, rouph shepe or abused abrochar [x] lit, to button up; to faci (vulgar, to fue acaba [4 lito nish; to maveam orgesra acelerado/a (maf) ‘accelealed’, very excited, to be ‘wound up sachaparrada (ej) shor: and stihy, wed to describe ‘vegetation acovachar [v] to hide something away, to stash sadornar [v} it. te adorn; to buy off, to bribe afanar [¥}_ to steal, to 10h; to overcharge; fo win by a lange difference greta [ccj] a sour person; ftom agrio [ad biter aguantar [y) to bear, to pat yp with; wait “hacer 1 aguante” to suppost someone or & cause aguantadero [m] a place to hang out aleabete {r]_ Arabic in origin, from al-gavrnd whi means ‘word's 1) ere, informer £9 police; 2) {atl tale; serazane not tobe trusted with a secret, 3} [antiquated] pimp; aleabuetear [v] to betray a secret, bea tale tale amarrete [ni] ehogeler «cheapskate wroear[y] t6 sive money, te hide something away Aamigovio/a [of] someone whois dating, more than ‘end but vot quite a boy/ginfiend aparate (ml lit epparatus; eal character of person, san eccontie perzon apatyar(o shop tem pata rah Sepng i storrants{m] 1) someone who is wordless, a lazy bums ‘his enn arignated inthe early part of the century when large drain pipes, manufactured by the company Torrant, were used by the homeless as place to sleep. 2) sometimes used affectionately or men or childrens 3)2 whorsh woxnan = Lbabeso/a [ad] drooling; uscd te describe someone who ‘lusty, with sexual desire ‘very horny’, babesear {vt drool wih cesite ‘baedn [adj] somsone with expensive tastes, who Tives Tasariously and enjoys the finer tings in life ‘agarto loa} en usly person Dagaye [mi] 1). an ugly pereon, « dog of a woman; 2) Dageage, lugaage bajon (ma) 1k, a decline, # drop; ‘a downes’, a disappointment or a bummer ‘banana [f} someone who thnks he i really coo! bat is never tke seriously by others bancar [v] 1) to tolerate, to boar, to accept; 2) to support, to help: to suppor financially Daqueteadd (adj) lit. «reamed musket; wom out, wsed {to the point of diseepai ‘oranda [1] lit ¢saling: a stench, 9 fou! sett birbaro/a (a4), excl] 1) exellent, great, 2) “que barbaro!™ “won!” bard [mi] chaos;xemy,cenoyingorproblomsticsituation, Dbardear [v] to make a band; o cause rouble Darullo i} a noisy disuption bicjletear [v] to give someone the runaround, usually in hs context ofa monctary payback bicho [za] lit @ bug, small enimel, a ‘eriter' “mal ‘eho “bad bug" used in reference to Argentina’ corrupt politicians Dife [mi] lit a bostitene; slap in the face biera [f] {alien} beer Dbizarro/a [m#] bizare, strange bocha [1] «large quantiy of something cho {i f] 1) smart, quick wittod, 2) heed ‘1 bochin” “to tring the hoad close advances with sonmntic intentions to make ola [i] It ball, testicle ‘common expressions “dar hola’ ‘togive teball to nay ettention fo; 9g.*no mo dan bola” “they don't give re the bell” they don’t pay aention ‘¢ me *vomper Ing bolas” "o bres one's ball? hluchar las bolas” “to swell one’s balls’ to be annoying, tobe a pain x the ass “en bolas” “0 be in balls tobe naked; tobe ins bad situation without protection, st ifyou werensked andexpesed “me ‘iene como bola sin manija” “hosbe has got me Hee ball without s ndle* she has me running liko¢ chicken with it's head cut off Dolazo {ra} a rose li or exaggeration T “no me dan bola" blend (2g) 0 be dizzy Dolota [7] it. receipt; 2 ticket (bus, plane, ete); “sos boleta” ‘you're dead" bolete fi] a tices aie Doliche [ea} a-nightelub, » pub bollehin a café style restaurant Délido [ma] an automobile Dolita f] derogatory for « Bolivian Doludo/a raf} Tit. serasone with ermotosticles; not used to describe someone who shraveor‘ballsy’; used alike for men, wernon and children, 1) foo, ios, 2) sd as a meaningless intejetion or casually ameng friends “che boludo! soulé be anything rom yo iio!” to ‘hey buddy” dopensting on the ‘context of 3 stution; Historically “bold” or “peludos” wete ‘cannon fodder’ the first moops tobe sent fato bale and ths the first tobe Kirled 300: pelotudo also: hacerso el boludo [x] 0 play dumb, act sazifyouder'tinow Dotuder [9 | ny mater casy to selve, something that can be done by any boudo ‘puenude/a fai] someone who is Kind of dumb or naive but a goed person = Domtbachs (1) a taditionally bagey pants worn by the ‘Argentine gavchos; bombacha is now more comnoaly used for women's pantiss; habomba [htitco} bombo fra] tt 2 big drum; on unexpected anbioe ‘undesired prognancy, a big belly bombén [ms] lit candy, usually chocolate; goegeous!, an attactive man of worsan bey Dondifi) publiebus *this word comes from the Zapish “bonds? that were used to fund the installation Of the farnous tems, called ‘bondes', of ‘Rio de Janeiro, Brezil Dronete in] Li. pointed bat “del mete” eazy Dorrege ni} akid *5ee phe boss [f horseshi; someere or somthing that is very uly Dvotom fing] Tit button; a iatile tale [enti] police; Informer the police see: bachén bbraguca [ad] a Breslin; sometimes derogatory Dronea [f) extreme anger, rage; generally brongt upon by asense of fustation ‘brutal [adj excll it brutal; great, awesome; ‘wew!” ‘buehén fin} tlie tale; an informer to police, ‘marc* eco: alcatuete Dua en] it ath used n'a plaster wall a room or place used te have sex Dulto [rn] it, package; penis and wstisles bazarda [fa big belly cedata [1] 2 gestore that begs good luck; An italian tradition still observed by older generations in Argentina, is co eat gnosois on the 29th oF every month, Tt is a eabala t put eoira under the plates af the gnocchis| ‘aber [y]_it to Gt into; to like someone, o get along well with someone, eg. “me ro eabe el chabén” “Tacaly lik hat guy ‘cachengue [x] a paty cachivache cj) juny, trashy, cheep cache (m] apisce orchunk of something ‘un eacho de earme com ojos’ ‘a piece of meat with eyes’ aa ‘iat Gin] enebito 4 small quansty of someting tiny bit? ‘achucha(f) « vagina ‘eachuso/a [adj]. something or eomeone that fianctions poorly oF is flawed enigui™ “wo beaftaid ‘eagar (y) lit to shit; to wreck ruin or fll apart; to screw someone ever, garen flunferdo} someone who sorewe people over “tener eagando acelte”™ (a have (someone) shitting ol “me tiene cagando acelte® “he has me under his tam’ eagarse (vt break dows, (ofall sou also “estar ‘eagado” lit. to be shied; to have big problems, tobe fucked engar a patos” litt shit tothe sticks; co beat the shit out of ‘cagar Ia fruta? Ti. to shit the Guilt, to die eagar fuego” lit to shit fires to die “tenor un eagaso” lito havea huge shit; to be very seared cagén” lit big shit, » coward eaga de risa” Tit a shit of laughter, hilarious eagar de frlo” it toshit from cole; toboeezing your ass off ‘yeagasto! lit you she, youblow it, you fucked up cajetila [adj] upper cls, snobbish cana [f] 1) police; 2) jail ceanctera [m] a smooth walker, a know-itell; fem eancha” the borse tracks, a eanchero would be someone iho knows "te racks” thus which horse to bot on; tenor eameba lit. to have the fii; to have good understanding of something canuto/a [adi] originally « Jock pick used by thioves, sornething hidden encanice [v] to hide something, ‘geverally ict ‘allo [m]_Iit a pipe, a tbe; 1) pipe used co smoke ‘marijuana or alco marijuana eigaelto; a joint; 2) dar con un ea. lit to hit with a pipe’; to deal someone seary verbal blow, io publicly erticize ‘or dencunce someone such 28 a polittina; 3) a pistol; 4) 2 soccer maneuver where the ball is ‘passed between the opponents legs ‘eapova [auf] 1) 3 populae person, semoone wD is well liked due 10 a generous nature; 2) boss, chief, someone wha het control of te situation ‘eareta [ad] lit ‘to wear a mask’; pretentious, snobbish; used to describe feshion conscious people or expensive restaurnts and neighborhoods [aig] cearetin coretoar[¥] to weer a musk, to ect flely ccarucha [2d] 2 good locking person caseate (ad) ta pove of stone; someone whe i hard headed thus slow to loa, atrasea [f} cagada tras eagnda”” Kt one shit afer smother, one issver after mother, «kit catrera (1) bed cebar [v] lil to feed aa ania lo make it pia weights (o serve mates “soo: mate culture

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