Argentina
All expressions
Argentina
All expressions
A lazy bum, a freeloader, someone who does not work and lives off whatever they can get. In Argentina and Uruguay, an "atorrante" has zero shame about doing nothing productive. The word originally referred to homeless people who slept in drain pipes.
To be completely head-over-heels for someone, acting silly and lovesick with zero self-control. When you're chocheando, you forgive everything, brag about them constantly, and your friends start rolling their eyes at how gone you are.
To get by, survive, or keep going with what you've got — no luxuries, no complaints. It's the philosophy of making do and pushing forward even when things aren't great.
To be conspicuous by one's absence: standing out precisely because you are not there, when the lack of someone is noticed more than their presence would have been. Sometimes not showing up speaks louder than any speech ever could.
To blackmail someone — manipulating them by threatening to reveal damaging information unless they comply. Chantajear goes beyond ordinary pressure; it's calculated leverage, the dark art of weaponizing someone's secrets against them.