{"id":7125,"date":"2013-06-26T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2013-06-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:00:00","slug":"whats-the-relation-between-tango-and-lunfardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/whats-the-relation-between-tango-and-lunfardo\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the relation between tango and lunfardo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what <em>lunfardo<\/em> is? Check out this short Wikipedia intro:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lunfardo is a dialect originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires and the surrounding Gran Buenos Aires,and from there spread to other cities nearby, such as Rosario and Montevideo, cities with similar socio-cultural situations.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Lunfardo was a slang used by criminals and soon by other people of the lower and lower-middle classes.Later, many of its words and phrases were introduced in the vernacular and disseminated Castilian of Argentina and Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, since the early 20th century, Lunfardo began to spread among all social strata and classes, either by habitual use or because it was common in the lyrics of tango.During the 20th and this century many of its words have gone to neighboring countries like Chile and Paraguay, because immigrants from those countries are living in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>A few have been recognized even by the Real Academia Espa\u00f1ola.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, what&#8217;s the relation between tango and lunfardo?<\/p>\n<p>Tango was a means to make lunfardo known because a big percentage of tango lyrics, until today, use lunfardo terms. Tango was born in brothels and it was forbidden for many years because it was a beacon for criminals. As time went by it was accepted by society and today it is the music that showcases a whole nation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some common lunfardo terms:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy\u00f3n<\/strong> \u2013 sopa, caldo<br \/>\n<strong>Cerebrar<\/strong> \u2013 pensar en algo, usar el cerebro<br \/>\n<strong>Chochamu<\/strong> \u2013 muchacho<br \/>\n<strong>Engrupir<\/strong> \u2013 enga\u00f1ar a alguien<br \/>\n<strong>Fiaca<\/strong> \u2013 flojera, pereza<br \/>\n<strong>Garpar<\/strong> \u2013 pagar<br \/>\n<strong>Gom\u00edas<\/strong> \u2013 amigos<br \/>\n<strong>Guita<\/strong> \u2013 dinero<br \/>\n<strong>Gur\u00ed<\/strong> \u2013 ni\u00f1o<br \/>\n<strong>Junar<\/strong> \u2013 buscar a alguien, conocer a alguien<br \/>\n<strong>Laburar<\/strong> \u2013 trabajar<br \/>\n<strong>Lorca<\/strong> \u2013 calor<br \/>\n<strong>Manyar<\/strong> \u2013 saber or comer<br \/>\n<strong>Mina<\/strong> \u2013 muchacha o mujer<br \/>\n<strong>Morfar<\/strong> \u2013 comer<br \/>\n<strong>Percanta<\/strong> \u2013 mujer joven<br \/>\n<strong>Pescar<\/strong> \u2013 to understand, to get it<br \/>\n<strong>Pibe<\/strong> \u2013 ni\u00f1o o hombre joven<br \/>\n<strong>Quilombo<\/strong> \u2013 un desastre, un jaleo<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite tango songs is Mano a Mano, by Carlos Gardel. It has lots of lunfardo words! Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carlos Gardel - Mano a Mano - Tango 1927\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRguzgfaBGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more free resources to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what lunfardo is? 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