Boludo
Argentine Slang: 30+ Words and Phrases You Need to Know
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Add a word/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BYAHR"/
Meaning
To drink alcohol, knock back some drinks, or booze it up until the night's over in Argentina. It's the most common lunfardo verb for drinking in the context of parties, pre-games, or hangouts with friends.
Examples
“Let's go escabiar at Martín's place tonight.”
“We escabiamos until four and the next day we couldn't even move.”
“Wanna escabiar something or are you driving?”
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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BYAHR"/
Meaning
To drink alcohol, knock back some drinks, or booze it up until the night's over in Argentina. It's the most common lunfardo verb for drinking in the context of parties, pre-games, or hangouts with friends.
Examples
“Let's go escabiar at Martín's place tonight.”
“We escabiamos until four and the next day we couldn't even move.”
“Wanna escabiar something or are you driving?”
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Le cayó el veinte
The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.