A person who watches over parked cars on the street in exchange for tips. They're a fixture of Latin American city life — you pay them a small fee and hope your car is still there when you come back.

A stapler in Argentina — the office device for joining sheets of paper with metal staples. One of those words that proves every Spanish-speaking country invented its own name for the same thing.

The trunk of a car in Argentina and Venezuela. That rear compartment where you stuff suitcases, grocery bags, and everything that doesn't fit in the seats but needs to be transported.

To steal or swipe something from someone, especially on the street or on public transit. In Argentina, afanar is the most used word to describe a street robbery.