English Words Used in Buenos Aires

[Vandalay]

Can anyone direct me to a list of english words that are sometimes incorporated into portenos spanish? like sorry, top, cash, etc. thanks.

 

[nlaruccia]

You're referring to extranjerismos? Calques. There are so many and they constantly change that I'm not sure if there's a list of them that you could find. Most of them you'll hear on the street: un feeling, un touch, es muy fashion, sale, etc.

 

[SaraSara]

"Es muy guau" for wow, or great. Sounds funny because in Spanish the dog's bark is spelled "guau-guau". (In English dogs bark: "whoof, woof")

HIGHBROW - fashionable, in
SALE - in store windows all over town
CONTAINER
IN
COOL

 

[tangobob]

What about "Servicios de LUNCH"

or as seen in a tatoo studio "Yes it does Hurt"

or my favourite, of course is "STOUT"

 

[ghost]

Open is used frequently.
My favorite is FULL. Just pass by any used car lot and on many windshields you will see "FULL".

 

[French jurist]

MAN is also used a lot : "que estas diciendo man ?!"

Like ghost said, full is used too, even repeated twice sometimes "un auto full-full"

 

[JoeBlow]

Then there are words that are English but aren't used as they are in English, like "zapping".

Or is this used in British/Australian English to say "flip around the channels"?

Anybody from Britain/Australia?

 

[steveinbsas]

The word "delivery" is much more common now than a few years ago.

One of my favorite Argentine English expressions is a slogan for an Argentine clothing line:

"Where the jean always lives."

Perhaps they used an on line translator. I would have used the following instead:

"Where the jeans live forever."

I hear weird translations like this in commercials for cable television programs, especially the SONY channel.

 

[ReemsterCARP]

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