Argentine Spanish→English

Translate Argentine Spanish to English the way locals mean it.

In Argentine Spanish, everyday requests and apologies often sound more indirect or idiomatic than their literal words suggest.

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What locals actually say

Che, ¿me hacés la segunda y me llevás hasta el laburo?

Hey, could you do me a favor and give me a ride to work?

Hacer la segunda means to help someone out or do them a favor, while laburo means work.

Uh, colgué y no te contesté, perdón.

Sorry, I spaced out and didn’t reply.

Colgar means to get distracted or fail to respond, not literally to hang something.

Está todo bien, pero no da para caerle así de una.

It’s fine, but you really shouldn’t just show up on them like that.

No da para signals that something is socially inappropriate or not a good idea, while caerle and de una mean showing up on someone without warning.

¿Me prestás unas lucas? Te las devuelvo el viernes.

Can you lend me a few bucks? I’ll pay you back on Friday.

“Lucas” is Argentine slang for pesos or money, while “prestás” marks the voseo form used with vos.

Para llegar a la facu, agarrá el bondi 152 y bajate después de la plaza.

To get to campus, take the 152 bus and get off after the plaza.

“Bondi” is an informal Argentine word for bus, and “agarrá” and “bajate” are voseo imperatives.

¿Compramos unas frutillas y palta para la picada?

Should we get some strawberries and avocado for the snack spread?

“Frutilla” and “palta” are standard Argentine food terms, and “picada” refers to a shared spread of bite-sized snacks.

Mi vieja viene a cenar y mi hermano se queda a dormir.

My mom is coming over for dinner, and my brother is staying the night.

“Mi vieja” is a familiar Argentine way to say “my mom,” signaling an informal, affectionate family register.

Está fresco, llevate un buzo que después baja la temperatura.

It’s chilly, so bring a sweatshirt. It’ll get colder later.

“Buzo” is the common Argentine word for a sweatshirt, and “llevate” is the voseo imperative used to address vos.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Argentine Spanish differs

Rioplatense Spanish. Voseo throughout: vos tenés, vos sos, imperative vení/decí. Che as informal address, local vocabulary (laburo, quilombo informal, copado, colectivo, pileta, frutilla, palta). Ustedes for plural. Avoid tú forms entirely.

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