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Lunfardo: The Italian Slang That Built Argentine Spanish
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Meaning
To eat or chow down in Argentina. It comes from lunfardo, the Buenos Aires slang with Italian roots. It's the most informal, old-school way of saying you're about to eat.
Examples
“What's there to morfar?”
“Let's go morfar something quick before the game.”
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/Sounds like "mohr" (as in "more") + "FAHR" (as in "far")/
Meaning
To eat in Argentine slang, with gusto, zero elegance, and devouring everything in sight. Morfar isn't a delicate dining experience, it's shoveling food with pure enthusiasm.
Examples
“Let's go eat, I'm starving.”
“He devoured two plates and was still hungry.”
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/Sounds like "mohr" (as in "more") + "FAHR" (as in "far")/
Meaning
To eat or chow down in Argentina. It comes from lunfardo, the Buenos Aires slang with Italian roots. It's the most informal, old-school way of saying you're about to eat.
Examples
“What's there to morfar?”
“Let's go morfar something quick before the game.”
Anonymous
/Sounds like "mohr" (as in "more") + "FAHR" (as in "far")/
Meaning
To eat in Argentine slang, with gusto, zero elegance, and devouring everything in sight. Morfar isn't a delicate dining experience, it's shoveling food with pure enthusiasm.
Examples
“Let's go eat, I'm starving.”
“He devoured two plates and was still hungry.”
Regional synonyms
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Yiro
In classic Argentine lunfardo, a woman who works as a street prostitute. The word is closely tied to tango culture and the popular poetry of the Rio de la Plata in the 20th century, where the yira became an enduring literary figure: solitary, walking the night, waiting for someone to stop.