A metal straw with a filter used for drinking mate in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The bombilla is the sacred and non-transferable instrument of the mate ceremony — everyone has their own.

To make stuff up, say random things without any basis, or improvise wildly without thinking in Argentina. When someone 'manda fruta,' they're talking out of their ass with full confidence.

Acronym for 'at full speed,' used to say you're going all out with maximum energy and zero brakes. It was born in Argentine street culture and spread rapidly into mainstream youth slang across the region.

To talk trash about someone behind their back — the Argentine art of criticizing people when they're not around to defend themselves. Everyone does it but nobody admits to it.