Argentina
All expressions
Argentina
All expressions
A stench, foul odor, or bad smell that clings to a person or place. In Argentina, baranda is vivid and uncompromising — there's no softening when you tell someone they've got baranda; it means they really smell.
A heavy, draining person who exhausts others with their presence or behavior, sucking the energy out of the room.
An unexpected twist or turn of events, just like in movies. When life gives you a plot twist, nobody saw it coming — it recontextualizes everything that came before and leaves you scrambling to adjust.
An old, skinny, worn-out horse with no energy left. In Argentina and Uruguay, matungo is an affectionate or mocking term for a sorry-looking horse — and by extension, for any person or thing that looks beat up and past its prime.
To fall for a trap or take obvious bait — to get played when you should have known better. In Chile and Argentina, pisar el palito (stepping on the little stick) is what happens when you walk right into the trick someone laid out for you.