Lunfardo Dictionary R
Welcome to the Lunfardo Dictionary R, your comprehensive guide to the Lunfardo language! On this page, dedicated to the letter “R,” 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 R – Words in Lunfardo, Spanish and English
| Lunfardo | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Rabiosa | Pistola | Gun |
| Rabona | Ratearse, espantarse | Ratearse, to be frightened |
| Radicha / radicheta | Radical | Radical |
| Rafa | Inverción silábica de farra | Syllabic inversion of farra |
| Rafiñar | Robar | Stealing |
| Ragú | Hambre | Hunger |
| Raja | Escapar, huir Correr | Escape, flee Run |
| Rajado | Despedido / Echado | Dismissed / Dismissed |
| Rajar | Despedir / Echar | To dismiss / To send away |
| Rajar | Huir | Flee |
| Raje, dar el | Despido | Dismissed |
| Raje | Escape / Huída | Escape / Flee |
| Rama, en la | Indigencia | Destitution |
| Rana | Vivo, listo | Alive, ready |
| Ranada | Viveza | Viveza |
| Ranchitos | Casitas | Casitas |
| Rancho | Sombrero de paja | Straw hat |
| Ranero | Del barrio de Las ranas | From the neighborhood of Las Ranas |
| Ranfaña | Raído, sucio | Shabby, dirty |
| Ranfañosa | Raído, sucio | Raggy, dirty |
| Ranfiña | Robo / Ladrón | Robbery / Thief |
| Ranfiñar | Robar | Stealing |
| Rante | Aferesis de atorrante, vago y mal entretenido | Aphoresis of a bum, lazy and poorly entertained |
| Rantería | Indigencia | Indigence |
| Ranterío | Cáfila, grupo mersa | Crass, mersa group |
| Rantifusa | Despreciable, vil | Despicable, vile |
| Rantifuso | Sucio, despabilado | Dirty, shameless |
| Ranun | Aumento de rana, que se dice de la persona astuta y avispada | Aphesis of frog, said of a shrewd, shrewd person |
| Rasca / rascabuche | Indigente | Indigent |
| Rascada | Beneficio exiguo, trabajo ocasional | Meager profit, occasional work |
| Rascar | Atrapar | Catch |
| Rascún | Buscavidas | Seeker |
| Raspa | Reprimenda / Ladrón | Reprimand / Thief |
| Raspar | Reprender / Robar | Reprimand / Stealer |
| Rasposo | Raído, sucio | Tatty, dirty |
| Rastacuero | Ostentoso | Ostentatious |
| Rata | Novillos / Indigente | Truant / Indigent |
| Ratear | Hacer novillos | Playing truant |
| Ratero | Novillero / Ladrón | Truant / Thief |
| Rati | Policía de investigaciones | Investigation police |
| Raviol | Sobre con cocaína | Envelope with cocaine |
| Rayado | Enloquecido | Crazed |
| Rayadura | Locura | Madness |
| Raye | Locura | Madness |
| Rea | Ramera | Whore |
| Rebaje de naipe | Trampa que consiste en preparar ciertos naipes con un mínimo rebaje de sus bordes | Trap that consists of preparing certain playing cards with a minimum of edge trimming. |
| Reblán | Achacoso, deteriorado | Achacoso, deteriorated |
| Rebusques | Medios de vida | Means of living |
| Rechalarse | Es el verbo chalarse “enloquecerse” con el prefijo re | It is the verb chalarse “to go mad” with the prefix re |
| Rechiflar | Enloquecer, predisponer, perturbar | To go mad, to predispose, to disturb |
| Rechiflarse | Enojarse | Anger |
| Rechifle | Enojo / Locura | Anger / Madness |
| Rechipe | Chispe, excelente, con prefijo aumentativo | Sparkle, excellent, with augmentative prefix |
| Refalar | Dar, entregar / Robar | To give, to deliver / To steal |
| Refilar la vianda | Castigar, golpear | Punish, beat |
| Refilar un lao | Prepararlo para la trampa por sutil limado de bordes | To prepare him for the trap by subtle filing of edges |
| Refilar | Dar, entregar | To give, to deliver |
| Refistolear | observar | observe |
| Refliar | Dar, entregar | Give, deliver |
| Refundido | Indigente, arruinado | Destitute, ruined |
| Refundir | Liquidar, arruinar | Liquidate, ruin |
| Regadera | Crica / Cargoso, pesado | Crica / Burdensome, heavy |
| Regalado | Indigente, pobre / Extenuado, vencido | Destitute, poor / Extenuated, defeated |
| Registradora | Cabeza | Head |
| Rejilla, irse por la | Morir | To die |
| Rejuntado | Amancebado | Amancebado |
| Relache | Interrupción o ausencia | Interruption or absence |
| Relojeado | Conocido, observado | Known, observed |
| Relojear | Observar | Observed |
| Remaba | Trabajaba esforzadamente | Worked hard |
| Remanchar | Arruinar | Ruin |
| Remanyao | Percibir, comprender, conocer | Perceive, understand, know |
| Remanyar | Muy conocido Conocer muy bien | Well known Know very well |
| Remanye | Perspicacia | Insight |
| Remar | Trabajar esforzadamente | Work hard |
| Remos | Piernas | Legs |
| Reo | Vagabundo, cachafaz | Vagabond, cachafaz |
| Repartija | Reparto de robo | Robbery delivery |
| Repe | En el juego de bolitas, rebote | In the ball game, bounce |
| Repisas | Senos | Breasts |
| Reprise | Reaparición | Reappearance |
| Repuntar | Progresar | Progress |
| Requintado | Sombrero inclinado o ladeado | Tilted or tilted hat |
| Reseco | Sin dinero | No money |
| Retacear | Mezquinar | Shuffle |
| Retacón | De baja estatura y grueso | Short and thick |
| Retambufa | Bujarrón, homosexual activo | Bujarron, active homosexual |
| Retobar | Oponer | Oppose |
| Retobarse | Revelarse | Reveal |
| Reventador | Violador de cajas de caudales | Box-breaker |
| Reventar al burro | Forzar un caja o un cajón que contiene dinero | To break into a box or drawer containing money. |
| Reventar | Morir violentamente | Dying violently |
| Reversible | Pancista | Pancist |
| Revesina | Revés | Reverse |
| Reviente | Acción de reventar Deterioro o enfermedad | Action of bursting Deterioration or disease |
| Revirarse | Enloquecer | To go mad |
| Revire | Locura | Madness |
| Rifado | Extenuado, Agotado | Exhausted, Exhausted |
| Robreca | Inversion silabica de cabrero, enojadizo, enojado | Syllabic inversion of cabrero, enojadizo, enojado |
| Rolar | Caminar acompañado / Funcionar, andar | To walk accompanied / To run, to walk |
| Rolete, a | Mucho, en cantidad | A lot, in quantity |
| Rompebolas | Fastidioso | Fastidious |
| Rompepeines | Cabeza | Head |
| Roña | Enojo | Anger |
| Roncar | Mandar, ordenar | To command, to order |
| Ronga, de | Gratuitamente | Gratuitously |
| Ropero | Contrabajo | Contrabass |
| Rosca, entregar la | Morir, | To die, |
| Rosca | Desorden, pelea / Puñetazo | Disorder, fight / Punch |
| Rosquete, entregar el | Morir | Die |
| Rostrear | Quedarse dolosamente con el producto de un robo, estafando al cómplice | Fraudulently keeping the proceeds of a robbery, cheating an accomplice |
| Royito | Ayuda memoria | Memory aid |
| Royo | Dinero / Charla, discurso | Money / Talk, speech |
| Rúa | Calle | Street |
| Rufino / rufo | Rufián | Ruffian |
| Rufino | Cornudo | Cuckold |
| Rula | ruleta | roulette |
| Runfla | Gavilla, pandilla | Gavilla, gang |
| Runflero | Pandillero, gavillero | Gang member, gavillero |