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Yira
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/
A sex worker on the streets, in Buenos Aires lunfardo slang. The word also gives rise to the verb "yirar," meaning to wander aimlessly. The yira is a classic figure in tango culture and appears throughout the lyrics of Discépolo and other great tango songwriters.
“Tango has always written about the yira who returns to the same neighborhood every night.”
“She walked the streets of the center until dawn.”
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Yira
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/
A sex worker on the streets, in Buenos Aires lunfardo slang. The word also gives rise to the verb "yirar," meaning to wander aimlessly. The yira is a classic figure in tango culture and appears throughout the lyrics of Discépolo and other great tango songwriters.
“Tango has always written about the yira who returns to the same neighborhood every night.”
“She walked the streets of the center until dawn.”
Quedarse con la boca abierta
To be left speechless or genuinely stunned by something completely unexpected. Used across Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, this expression describes that frozen moment when reality exceeds anything you could have anticipated.