Argentine Expressions Flashcards

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1
Q

To be pissed on by an elephant

A

Estar meado por un elefante

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2
Q

That’s my chicken (expressing success about what you or a group set out to do)

A

Ese es mi pollo

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3
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That’s my chicken (expressing success about what you or a group set out to do)

A

Ese es mi pollo

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4
Q

To shit higher than the ass

A

Cagar mas alta que el culo

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5
Q

When you smell bad BO

A

Olor de chivo

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6
Q

When you smell bad BO

A

Olor de chivo

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7
Q

Say this when someone refuses to help you and you want to tell them that you’ll leave them hanging next time they want help.

A

Ya te voy a agarrar cagando y sin papel.

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8
Q

Say this about someone trapped in an ideology

A

El es mas papista que el Papa

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9
Q

You’re full of shit

A

Estas mandando fruta

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10
Q

What a bummer!

A

Que bajon!

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11
Q

Skilled, capable, very good

A

Groso, capo

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12
Q

How embarassing!

A

Que papalon!

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13
Q

To have nothing to do

A

Estar de balde, estar de pedo

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14
Q

To be very busy, to be in a rush

A

Andar a full, estar a mil

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15
Q

You know?

A

Viste?

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16
Q

A lot (AG expression)

A

Mal

17
Q

Excellent (kinda like sick)

A

Barbaro

18
Q

Bad person

A

Mal bicho

19
Q

Bad person

A

Mal bicho

20
Q

Special request

A

La guachada

21
Q

Leverage. Not what you know but who you know

A

Palanca

22
Q

Bribery

A

Coima

23
Q

Loopholes in the system

A

Viveza, piolada