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Bandera de Argentina

/FYAM-bre/

A corpse, a dead body. In Argentina, 'fiambre' is the darkly humorous lunfardo term for a dead person — borrowed from the word for cold cuts. The humor is very Argentine: blunt, morbid, and delivered with complete deadpan. Not used in polite company.

Example

"The news said they found a body in the river."

"Keep that up and they'll find you cold."

Regional synonyms:

Despedida casual mexicana que no necesariamente implica que se van a ver pronto ni que hay planes reales. Es más un 'bye' educado y amistoso que una promesa de reencuentro, nadie se lo toma literal.