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Described as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry

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  1. ciruja8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  2. ciruja8 days agoGlossary meaning Person who regularly searches public rubbish bins and uses part of what they find
  3. cafiolo8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Phonetic change of cafishio, from Italian stoccafisso, dried fish
  4. cafiolo8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  5. cafiolo8 days agoGlossary meaning Pimp
  6. atorrante8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From the prefix a-, torrar and the suffix -ante
  7. atorrante8 days agoGlossary meaning Lazy (derogatory)
  8. atorrante8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  9. atorrante8 days agoGlossary meaning Idle person, one without a trade
  10. minusa8 days agoGlossary meaning Woman (colloquial, derogatory)
  11. minusa8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  12. minusa8 days agoGlossary meaning Variant of mina (woman)
  13. bufoso8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From Italian buf, a shot, plus the Spanish suffix -oso
  14. bufoso8 days agoGlossary meaning Revolver
  15. bufoso8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  16. bufoso8 days agoGlossary meaning Revolver (dated)
  17. fané8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From French fané, withered
  18. fané8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  19. fané8 days agoGlossary meaning Ruined, aged, withered, worn out, down on one's luck
  20. funyi8 days agoUsed in lyric Por qué
  21. funyi8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From Italian funghi, mushrooms
  22. funyi8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  23. funyi8 days agoGlossary meaning Hat (obsolete)
  24. chorro8 days agoUsed in lyric Se fue la pobre viejita
  25. chorro8 days agoGlossary meaning Thief
  26. purrete8 days agoUsed in lyric Bien Pulenta
  27. Palermo Fishtown Milonga8 days agoSchedule night once 2026-11-11 21:00–00:00 (milonga)
  28. purrete8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From pueril (childish) plus the suffix -ete
  29. purrete8 days agoDescribed as Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry
  30. purrete8 days agoGlossary meaning Child (dated)
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