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Swearing Translated – Part 8

By Jack Green
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Buenos Aires cab driver swearing in Lunfardo

Hi to all those venturing forth into the land beyond Oz. If you’re going to be spending some time here, you should know both how to tell if you’re being cussed out and how to do it yourself, if the situation is to ever arise.

Here is part eight of some easy guidelines to help you on your way to verbally express your pissed-off emotions or to understand the emotions of an angry porteño.

PhraseLiteral TranslationOur Best Actual Translation
Me da paja hacer esoIt gives me hay to do thatI don’t feel like doing that
Ella es una calienta pijaShe is a dick warmerShe’s a cock tease
Tiene más culo que cabezaHe has more ass than headHe’s one lucky fucker
El no da pie con bolaHe does not give foot to ballHe’s one unlucky bastard
Me fue para el culoIt went for the assholeIt went like crap



Now, mix and match them to come up with some of your own to use on that special person.

Jack Green
LPBA.com Staff




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3 responses to "Swearing Translated – Part 8"
Janis said:
October 30, 2009

I use the lunfardo/English dictionary Mataburros by Sara Melul & Roberto Cruanas for making sense out of many phrases. The expressions chapter is invaluable for this.

Paja is masturbation, according to Mataburros.

Tef said:
October 31, 2009

Felicitaciones x las fuentes! no le pifian en ninguna ;)

Jerry said:
June 9, 2010

These are great! Glad they're back!

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