Argentina
All expressions
Argentina
All expressions
A smooth-talker with a silver tongue who can convince anyone with their elaborate wordplay. In Argentina the chamuyero uses charm and exaggeration as weapons — you never know what's true and what's pure BS.
To overthink something, dwell on it, and keep turning it over in your head until it eats you alive. It's when you can't stop obsessing over a situation that you should've let go of ages ago.
To pocket money or keep the profits from something, often in a shady or questionable way. It implies someone took money that wasn't entirely theirs to take.
An orderly line of people waiting their turn with varying degrees of patience. Standing in fila is the most common patience exercise in urban life, where you learn to control your anger while inching forward.
To put up with, endure, or tolerate something difficult with patience and without complaining. In Argentina and Uruguay, bancarse is weathering the storm with stoic resilience, knowing it'll eventually pass.