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  1. Sondor8 days agoIn Montevideo
  2. Sondor8 days agoOpen from 1938
  3. Sondor8 days agoDescribed as Sondor is the oldest record label in Uruguay
  4. Pathé8 days agoDescribed as The Pathé record business was founded by the brothers Charles and Émile Pathé
  5. Pathé8 days agoDescribed as Pathé Records was an international record company and label, based in France, active from the 1890s through the 1930s
  6. che8 days agoUsed in lyric Bailarín compadrito
  7. che8 days agoGlossary meaning Hey, yo (a form of address)
  8. bagayo8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Borrowed from Italian bagaglio
  9. bagayo8 days agoGlossary meaning Baggage
  10. pavada8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From pavo plus the suffix -ada
  11. pavada8 days agoGlossary meaning Nonsense, dumb talk or act
  12. bataclana8 days agoUsed in lyric Garufa
  13. bataclana8 days agoDescribed as Origin: From bataclán plus the suffix -ana
  14. bataclana8 days agoGlossary meaning Showgirl
  15. piola8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Inherited from Latin pediola, shackle
  16. piola8 days agoGlossary meaning Clever, smart
  17. batifondo8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Borrowed from Italian battifondo, a dialect form of toccafondo, a term used in games
  18. batifondo8 days agoGlossary meaning Prolonged uproar, ruckus
  19. manyar8 days agoUsed in lyric Cobrate y dame el vuelto
  20. manyar8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Borrowed from Italian mangiare
  21. manyar8 days agoGlossary meaning To understand
  22. mersa8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Supposedly from Piedmontese mersa, a card suit
  23. mersa8 days agoGlossary meaning Tacky, gaudy
  24. atenti8 days agoUsed in lyric Sarampion
  25. atenti8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Borrowed from Italian attenti or derived from attento
  26. atenti8 days agoGlossary meaning Attention!
  27. chanta8 days agoUsed in lyric Cobrate y dame el vuelto
  28. chanta8 days agoDescribed as Origin: Derived from Ligurian ciantapufi, someone who never pays back debts
  29. chanta8 days agoGlossary meaning Liar
  30. piantao8 days agoGlossary meaning Crazy
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