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Yiro
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "roh" (as in "row")/
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.
“The tango sings about the yira, the woman who walks alone in the night waiting for someone to stop.”
“In old lunfardo, yiro and yira went hand in hand.”
Yiro
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "roh" (as in "row")/
In Argentine lunfardo, a casual stroll or aimless nighttime outing with no fixed destination. Just going out to wander and see what happens. The word carries older connotations related to sex work, but in everyday use it simply means drifting around town with no particular plan.
“We took a spin through downtown and stopped for a drink at a bar.”
“He went out wandering and showed up at three in the morning with no explanation.”
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Yiro
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "roh" (as in "row")/
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.
“The tango sings about the yira, the woman who walks alone in the night waiting for someone to stop.”
“In old lunfardo, yiro and yira went hand in hand.”
Yiro
/Sounds like "YEE" (as in "year") + "roh" (as in "row")/
In Argentine lunfardo, a casual stroll or aimless nighttime outing with no fixed destination. Just going out to wander and see what happens. The word carries older connotations related to sex work, but in everyday use it simply means drifting around town with no particular plan.
“We took a spin through downtown and stopped for a drink at a bar.”
“He went out wandering and showed up at three in the morning with no explanation.”
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Pachanguear
To go out partying, to hit up a pachanga or event with music and dancing. It's the verb for those nights where the plan is to dance, drink, and have a blast until your body gives out.