Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lunfardo is a colorful, slangy argot of the Spanish language which developed at the end of the 19th century in the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires. Many of the expressions arrived with European immigrants, such as Italians, French, Portuguese, and Poles; other words arrived from the pampa by means of the gauchos; yet others emerged from Argentina's black population. Some come from wordplay like the vesre (reversing the syllables). Tango becomes gotan and café con leche ("white coffee") becomes feca con chele. Many Lunfardo expressions have entered into the popular language and have become an integral part of the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay. Lunfardo is frequently found in the lyrics of tangos, supplying nuances and double-entendres with overtones of sex, drugs, and the criminal world. See also: Germanía malevo Verlan - A similar French wordplay External links Diccionario del lunfardo (Spanish) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.