To miss someone or something that isn't with you — the Spanish way of expressing nostalgia and longing. It's the phrase that captures that bittersweet ache of absence.

To leave a place in Argentina and Uruguay without looking back or giving explanations. When you decide you've had enough, you just abrís and leave everyone and everything right where they are, guilt-free.

A nightclub or dance club in Argentina and Uruguay. Going to the boliche is the sacred weekend ritual for young people. You show up at 1 AM, dance until 6 AM, and somehow make it to Sunday lunch.

A refrigerator in Argentina and Uruguay — the most important appliance in the house. Opening the heladera and staring into it without grabbing anything is a national pastime.