A major screw-up or monumental blunder that's hard to recover from. Used when someone does something so badly that the consequences are inevitable.

A hard punch thrown with a closed fist — the kind that can knock someone down. In Argentina and Spain, a piña is that solid hit that settles arguments the old-fashioned way.

To eat or chow down in Argentina. It comes from lunfardo, the Buenos Aires slang with Italian roots. It's the most informal, old-school way of saying you're about to eat.

A stupid, idiotic person with no common sense who does absurd things. It's a direct insult widely used in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile to call out foolishness.