A passionate, die-hard fan of a soccer team who supports them unconditionally through wins and losses. Being a hincha means your team is part of your identity — their victories are yours and their defeats hurt like personal failures.

A kid or little boy in Uruguay and Paraguay, from the Guaraní language, used affectionately to refer to children. It's the go-to word for any young person in the neighborhood.

To be talking nonsense, exaggerating, or being completely out of touch with reality in Argentina. When someone's delirando, they're saying things so absurd and irrational that nobody can take them seriously for even a second.

A woman from the countryside or with creole roots in Argentina and Uruguay. It's a gaucho term with an affectionate ring, evoking rural traditions — folk dances, open fields, and mate under the shade of an old tree.