Lunfardo terms (Argentinian Slang Terms and definitions)

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A la gurda: Shelter, refuge.

Abacanado: Presumptuous.

Abanicar: Police officer.

Abanicarse: To leave.

Abanico: Informer / Police officer.

Abaragar: To stop with the knife an opponent’s attack.

Abatatado: Afraid, scared.

Abatatarse: To get frightened.

Ablandado: Afraid, scared / Bribed.

Ablandar: To bribe.

Ablandarse: To get frightened.

Abocado: Unthinking, impetuous.

Abocarse: To hurry into something.

Abombado: Foolish, stupid.

Abotonado: Married.

Abotonarse: To get married.

Abrancar: To catch.

Abrícola: Absent-minded.

Abriles: Years.

Abrir cancha: To clear a fight’s place after it finished.

Abrirse: To deviate, separate.

Abrochado: Married.

Academia: Places for dancing, having drinks and meeting women.

Acamala: To save.

Acamalador: Stingy, mean.

Acamalar: To hoard up / To protect / To catch / To save by being mean.

Acamalarse: To engage in concubinage.

Acanalar: To hurt somebody with a white weapon.

Aceitado: Bribed.

Aceitar los patines: To prostitute someone else.

Aceitar: To bribe.

Aceite, dar el: To fire.

Aceite, tomarse el: To leave quickly.

Aceite: Bribe.

Aceitosa: Head.

Aceitunas, cambiar el agua de las: To urinate.

Aceitunas, dar las: To fire.

Aceitunas, tomarse las: To leave quickly.

Achacado: Unhealthy, sickly.

Achacador: Malefactor.

Achaco: Robbery.

Achicar: To daunt.

Achuchado: Scared.

Achumado: Drunk.

Achumarse: To get drunk.

Achurar: To murder.

Acomodado: Recommended.

Acomodar: To recommend, to influence / To hit.

Acomodo: Favourable influence.

Acoyarado: Married.

Acoyarse: To get married.

Acuñado: Recommended

Acuñar: To recommend, to favour.

Adición: Restaurant bill.

Adobado: Drunk.

Adobarse: To get drunk.

Adornado: Bribed.

Adorno: Bribe.

Afanancio: Thief.

Afano: Robbery.

Afiambrar: To kill.

Afiambrado: Murdered.

Afilador: Courtier.

Afilar: To court somebody.

Aflojar: To accuse.

Afrecho: Sexual appetite.

Afrechudo: Lustful.

Africar: To hand in strongly.

Agachada: Disloyalty, vile act.

Agarrada: Quarrel.

Agayas, de: Brave

Agayudo: Brave

Agrampar: To capture, to seize.

Agrandado: Ostentatious.

Aguantiñar: To deal with.

Águila / Aguilero: Indigent.

Ainenti: Little stones. (Children game)

Al bardo: To steal without a predetermined plan.

Al pucho: Immediately.

Alacrán: Gossipy.

Alacranear: To gossip.

Alacransar: To speak badly.

Alambrada: Guitar.

Alca: Gossipmonger

Alcachofa: Gossipmonger.

Alcagüetería: Accusation.

Alcancía: Jail

Alcaucil: Gossipmonger.

Alce: Opportunity, chance / Occasion.

Alfajía: Tall, high.

Alfiler: White weapon.

Aliviar: To rob, to steal.

Almanaques: Age, years.

Alpedología: To talk about a subject without having the necessary knowledge.

Alpiste: Alcoholic drink.

Alpistería: Bar, liquor store.

Alpistero: Drunk.

Altiyero: Excellent.

Altityo: Head.

Alumbrante: Match.

Alumbrar: To provide with money.

Alzado: Lustful.

Alzarse: To leave.

Amachimbrado: In concubinage.

Amargo: Coward.

Amarrete: Mean, miser.

Amarretear: To be mean with money.

Amarretismo: Meanness.

Amarro: Stingy, mean.

Amarrocador: Stingy, mean.

Amarrocar: To hoard.

Amarrete: Stingy, mean.

Amasijado: Murdered, beaten.

Amasijar: To murder, to beat.

Amasijo: Punishment.

Ambidextro: A pederast who is both active and passive.

Ambiguo: Effeminate man.

Amueblada: An apartment or a hotel for having sex.

Amurado: Abandoned.

Amuro: Jail.

Ana-Ana: By halves.

Analfa: Ignorant.

Analfabestia: Ignorant.

Añapar: To catch, to seize.

Ancu: Word expressing alarm.

Andante: Pedestrian.

Anduma: Let’s go.

Angelito: Naïve, gullible.

Angelito: A tool used to open locks from the outside.

Antenas: Ears.

Antropófago: Homosexual.

Apampada: Disorientated, confused.

Apañado: In jail.

Apaparse: To disorientate oneself.

Apedado: Drunk.

Apedarse: To get drunk.

Apestiyado: Beaten.

Apiolado: Smart, quick.

Apiolar: To make get one’s act together.

Apiolarse: To get one’s act together.

Aplicar: To put up the price up.

Apoliyar: To sleep.

Apoliyo, de: Sleeping.

Apoliyo: To sleep.

Aprontar: To make race horses run.

Apronte: Preliminary movements, training.

Apuntador: Accuser.

Apuntamento: Love conquest.

Apuntar: To accuse / To make a conquest.

Apunte, llevar el: To pay attention.

Araca / Araña: Watch out!

Arbolito: A person who promotes illegal gambling.

Archivado: In prison.

Argoya: Private parts of the female body.

Armarse: To progress, to get richer.

Arrabal: Suburb neighbourhood in which someone sings or dances tango.

Arranyar: To punish.

Arrastre: Prestige / Influence.

Arrayar: To arrange.

Arrebezarse: To get angry, to be cheeky.

Arreglo: Bribe.

Arriba, de / Arribeño, de: Free of charge.

Arrimado: In concubinage.

Arroyarse: To frighten.

Arrugado: Afraid / Bandoneon.

Arrugarse: To frighten.

Arrugue: Fear.

Artículo, dar: Pay attention.

Asfalto: Experience given by life.

Asnaf: By halves.

Asoleado: Silly, foolish.

Aspamento: Ostentation.

Astiya: Part of a haul.

Astiyado: Division of the haul.

Asunto: Woman.

Atenti: Word used to warn about some danger or to get someone’s attention.

Atorado: Reckless.

Atorniyar: To save by being mean with money.

Atorra: Lazy person.

Atorradero: Humble dwelling of a lazy or single man.

Atorrancia: Laziness.

Atorranta: Prostitute.

Atorrante: Shameless, cheeky, rotter.

Atorrantear: To do nothing.

Atorrantismo: Laziness.

Atorrar: To sleep / Lazy man / Vicious woman.

Atorro: Humble dwelling of a lazy or single man.

Atracar: To come closer.

Atrasado: Absent-minded, fool.

Ave Negra: Lawyer.

Avería, de: Malefactor.

Avivada: Deceipt

Avivado / Avivato: Shameless, smart, quick.

Avivar: To make get one’s act together, to warn.

Avivarse: To get one’s act together.

Azotarse: To throw oneself at something / To make up one’s mind.

Azotea: Head

Azotea, tener gente en la: To have mental capacities altered, to be crazy.