If you’re going to spend anytime in Argentina it is a great opportunity to study Spanish. While most Argentines do study a little bit of English in school, relatively few speak it fluently. Visitors are inevitably … [Read more...]
Lunfardo: The Dirty Slang of Buenos Aires
Lunfardo is a jargon of about 5,000 words that emerged among the lower classes in Buenos Aires in the second half of the 19th century. The slang first grew out of cocoliche, a pidgin used by immigrants during the first … [Read more...]
Argentinismos: Weird Words Found Only in Argentina
Argentina was isolated from other Spanish speaking countries in its early history. This resulted in there being some vocabulary that is unique to the country (that even native Spanish speakers may not know). Read about … [Read more...]
¿Spanish, Castellano, Lunfardo? Intricacies of Argentine Spanish
Those who come to Argentina to learn the language will find that its interpretation of the Spanish language is every bit as unique as the country itself. Visitors quickly find out that those textbook Spanish classes … [Read more...]