Lunfardo Dictionary A
Welcome to the Lunfardo Dictionary A, your comprehensive guide to the Lunfardo language! On this page, dedicated to the letter “A,” you will find a ton of Lunfardo words, each followed by its meaning in standard Spanish and then translated into English for easy understanding.
Lunfardo Dictionary A – Words in Lunfardo, Spanish and English
| Lunfardo | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A la gurda | Refugio, guarida | Refuge, lair |
| Abacanado | Presuntosos | Suspected suspects |
| Abanicar | Agente Policial | Police officer |
| Abanicarse | Irse | Go to |
| Abanico | Soplón / Agente policial | Snitch / Police agent |
| Abaragar | Parar con el cuchillo los golpes del adversario | To stop with the knife the blows of the adversary |
| Abatatado | Asustado | Scared |
| Abatatarse | Asustarse | Get scared |
| Ablandado | Asustado / Sobornado | Scared / Bribed |
| Ablandar | Sobornar | Bribe |
| Ablandarse | Asustarse | Scared |
| Abocado | Irreflexivo | Unthinking |
| Abocarse | Precipitarse | Precipitate |
| Abombado | Tonto | Foolish |
| Abotonado | Casado (abrochado, acoyarado, casoriado) | Married (abrochado, acoyarado, casoriado) |
| Abotonarse | Casarse | Marry |
| Abrancar | Atrapar | Catch |
| Abricola | Distraído | Distracted |
| Abriles | sinónimo de años | synonym of years |
| Abrir cancha | Despejar el sitio de una contienda | To clear the site of a quarrel |
| Abrirse | Apartarse, desviarse, hacerse a un lado | To move away, to deviate, to step aside |
| Abrochado | Casado | Married |
| Academia | Salones de baile, mujeres, tragos | Dance halls, women, drinks |
| Acamala | Guardar, cargar | To keep, to carry |
| Acamalador | Tacaño | Stingy |
| Acamalar | Acaparar / Proteger / Atrapar, asir / Ahorrar mezquinando | Hoarding / Protecting / Catching, grabbing / Saving by stinginess |
| Acamalarse | Amancebarse | Affair |
| Acanalar | Herir con arma blanca | Wounding with a knife |
| Aceitado | Sobornado | Bribed |
| Aceitar los patines | Prostituir, cafishiar | Prostitute, cafishiar |
| Aceitar | Sobornar | Bribe |
| Aceite, dar el | Despido | Dismissal |
| Aceite, tomarse el | Irse rápidamente | To leave quickly |
| Aceite | Soborno | Bribery |
| Aceitosa | Cabeza | Head |
| Aceitunas, cambiar el agua de las | Orinar | Urinate |
| Aceitunas, le dieron las | Despido | Dismissal |
| Aceitunas, tomarse las | Irse rápidamente | Leaving quickly |
| Achacado | Achacoso | Achacoso |
| Achacador | Malhechor | Miscreant |
| Achaco | Robo | Theft |
| Achicar | Acobardar | Cowardly |
| Achuchado | Asustado | Frightened |
| Achumado | Ebrio | Drunk |
| Achumarse | Embriagarse | Drunk |
| Achurar | Asesinar | Murder |
| Acomodado | Recomendado | Recommended |
| Acomodar | Recomendar, influenciar / Zurrar | Recommend, influence / Zurrar |
| Acomodo | Influencia favorable | Favorable influence |
| Acoyarado | Casado | Married |
| Acoyarse | Casarse | Marry |
| Acuñado | Recomendado | Recommended |
| Acuñar | Recomendar, favorecer | Recommend, favor |
| Adicón | Factura de gastos del restaurante | Restaurant expense bill |
| Adobado | Ebrio | Drunk |
| Adobarse | Embriagarse | Drunk |
| Adornado | Sobornado | Bribed |
| Adorno | Soborno | Bribe |
| Afanancio | Ladrón | Thief |
| Afano | Robo | Theft |
| Afiabrar | Matar | Killing |
| Afiambrado | Asesinado | Murdered |
| Afilador | Cortejante | Courting |
| Afilar | Festejar | Party |
| Aflojar | Delatar | Ratting |
| Afrecho | Apetito sexual | Sexual appetite |
| Afrechudo | Rijoso | Rough |
| Africar | Entregar con fuerza | Delivering with force |
| Agachada | Deslealtad, vileza | Disloyalty, vileness |
| Agarrada | Disputa | Dispute |
| Agayas, de | Valiente | Brave |
| Agayudo | Valiente | Brave |
| Agrampar | Atrapar, asir | To catch, to seize |
| Agrandado | Ostentoso | Ostentatious |
| Aguantiñar | Afrontar, soportar | To face, to endure |
| Águila / Aguilero | Indigente | Indigent |
| Ainenti | Piedritas (Juego de niños) | Piedritas (Child’s play) |
| Al bardo | Salir a robar sin un plan determinado: | To go out and steal without a definite plan: |
| Al pucho | De inmediato | Immediately |
| Alacrán | Chismoso | Gossip |
| Alacranear | Chismosear | Gossip |
| Alacransar | Hablar mal | To talk bad |
| Alambrada | Guitarra | Guitar |
| Alca | Alcahuete | Tattletale |
| Alcachofa | Alcahuete | Tattletale |
| Alcagüetería | Delación | Whistleblower |
| Alcancía | Cárcel | Jail |
| Alcaucil | Alcahuete | Pimp |
| Alce | Ocasión | Occasion |
| Alfajía | Alto | High |
| Alfiler | Arma blanca | Weapon |
| Aliviar | Robar | Stealing |
| Almanaques | Edad, años | Age, years |
| Alpedología | Hablar sobre un tema sin conocimiento | Talking about a subject without knowledge |
| Alpiste | Bebida alcohólica | Alcoholic beverage |
| Alpistería | Bar, licorería | Bar, liquor store |
| Alpistero | Ebrio | Drunk |
| Altiyero | Excelente | Excellent |
| Altiyo | Cabeza | Head |
| Alumbrante | Fósforo | Phosphorus |
| Alumbrar | Proveer dinero | Providing money |
| Alzado | Rijoso | Rough |
| Alzarse | Irse | Go |
| Amachimbrado | Amancebado | Friend |
| Amargo | Cobarde | Coward |
| Amarrete | Tacaño | Stingy |
| Amarretear | Mezquinar | Cheapskate |
| Amarretismo | Mezquindad | Cheapskate |
| Amarro | Tacaño | Cheapskate |
| Amarrocador | Tacaño | Stingy |
| Amarrocar | Atesorar | Treasure |
| Amarroto | Amarrete | Mooring |
| Amarroto | Tacaño | Stingy |
| Amasijado | Asesinado / Zurrado | Murdered / Zurrado |
| Amasijar | Zurrar / Matar | Zurrar / To kill |
| Amasijo | Castigo, zurra | Punishment, spanking |
| Ambidextro | Pederasta, activo y pasivo | Pedophile, active and passive |
| Ambiguo | Afeminado | Effeminate |
| Amueblada | Albergue transitorio | Transient shelter |
| Amurado | Abandonado | Abandoned |
| Amuro | Cárcel | Prison |
| Ana-Ana | Por mitades | In halves |
| Analfa | Ignorante | Ignorant |
| Analfabestia | Ignorante | Ignorant |
| Añapar | Atrapar | Catch |
| Ancu | Como araca, voz de alarma | As araca, voice of alarm |
| Andante | Peatón | Pedestrian |
| Anduma | Vamos | Come on |
| Angelito | Cándido | Candid |
| Angelito | Herramienta para abrir cerraduras desde afuera | Tool to open locks from the outside |
| Antenas | Orejas | Ears |
| Antropófago | Invertido | Inverted |
| Apampada | Desorientado | Disoriented |
| Apañado | Encarcelado | Imprisoned |
| Apaparse | Desorientarse | Disoriented |
| Apedado | Ebrio | Drunk |
| Apedarse | Embriagarse | Inebriated |
| Apestiyado | Zurrado | Drunk |
| Apiolado | Despabilado | Awakened |
| Apiolar | Despabilar | Awaken |
| Apiolarse | Despabilarse | Wake up |
| Aplicar | Encarecer | Encarecer |
| Apoliyar | Dormir, holgar | Sleeping, loafing |
| Apoliyo, de | Durmiendo | Sleeping |
| Apoliyo | Dormir | Sleep |
| Aprontar | Hacer correr los caballos de carrera | Running racehorses |
| Apronte | Movimiento preliminar, entrenamiento, preparativos | Preliminary movement, training, preparations |
| Apuntador | Batidor, delator | Beater, whistleblower |
| Apuntamento | Conquista amorosa | Conquest of love |
| Apuntar | Delatar / Conquistar amor | To tell on / to conquer love |
| Apunte, llevar el | Atender | Attend |
| Apunte | Delación | Snitching |
| Araca | Atención! Cuidado | Attention! Caution |
| Araña | Voz de alarma, lo mismo que araca | Voice of alarm, the same as araca |
| Arbolito | Levanta juego clandestino | Raise clandestine game |
| Archivado | Encarcelado | Incarcerated |
| Argoya | Crica | Crica |
| Armarse | Progresar, enriquecer | To progress, to enrich |
| Arrabal | barrio de extramuros donde alguien canta o baila un tango | neighborhood outside the walls where someone sings or dances a tango |
| Arranyar | Castigar | Punish |
| Arrastre | Prestigio / Predicamento / Influencia | Prestige / Predicament / Influence |
| Arrayar | Arreglar | Fix |
| Arrebezarse | enojarse, insoentarse | to get angry, to get upset |
| Arreglo | Soborno | Bribe |
| Arriba, de | Gratuitamente | Gratuitously |
| Arribeño, de | Gratuitamente | Gratuitously |
| Arrimado | Amancebado | Friendship |
| Arroyarse | Asustarse | Frightened |
| Arrugado | Bandoneón Asustado | Scared Bandoneon |
| Arrugarse | Asustarse | Scared |
| Arrugue | Temor | Fear |
| Artículo, dar | Atender | Attend |
| Asfalto | Experiencia | Experience |
| Asnaf | Por mitades | In halves |
| Asoleado | Chambón | Chambon |
| Aspamento | Ostentación | Ostentation |
| Astiya | Parte de robo | Part of theft |
| Astiyado | Reparto de robo | Share of theft |
| Asunto | Mujer | Woman |
| Atenti | palabra que sirve para llamar la atención o advertir de algún peligro | A word used to call attention or warn of danger. |
| Atorado | Atolondrado | Atolondrado |
| Atorniyar | Ahorrar mezquinando | To save by stinginess |
| Atorra | Vago, holgazán | Lazy, idler |
| Atorradero | Vivienda humilde del vago o soltero | Humble dwelling of the vagabond or bachelor |
| Atorrancia | Vagancia | Vagrancy |
| Atorranta | Ramera | Slut |
| Atorrante | Sinvergüenza | Scoundrel |
| Atorrantear | Vaguear | Loitering |
| Atorrantismo | Vagancia | Vagrancy |
| Atorrar | Dormir; vago; mujer entregada al vicio (caños de agua corriente) | Sleeping; bum; woman given to vice (running water pipes) |
| Atorro | Vivienda del tipo vago o del soltero | Housing of the vagabond or bachelor type |
| Atracar | Acercar, arrimar | To draw near, to bring near |
| Atrasado | despistado, distraído, tonto | absent-minded, absent-minded, foolish |
| Ave Negra | Abogado | Lawyer |
| Avería, de | Malhechor | Miscreant |
| Avivada | Viveza / Engañifa | Viveza / Deceitful |
| Avivado | despabilado, desvergonzado | shameless, shameless, shameless |
| Avivar | Advertir, despabilar | Warn, awaken |
| Avivarse | Despabilarse | Wise up |
| Avivato | Despabilado, aprovechador | Wise, shameless, shameless |
| Azotarse | Arrojarse, decidirse | To throw oneself, to make up one’s mind |
| Azotea | Cabeza ; tener gente en la azotea ; facultades mentales alteradas | Head ; to have people on the roof ; altered mental faculties |
| Azotetis | Somatización de origen psíquico | Somatization of psychic origin |