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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
lunfardo
A form of Buenos Aires slang that originated in the underworld. It draws on many languages, including Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, and several African languages. It has found its way into popular songs and theater. Lunfardo words in standard colloquial speech are: morfar (to eat), güita (money), and mina (woman).
lunfardo (lunfarda)
Buenos Aires slang attr
lunfardo
Buenos Aires slang
bonaerense
of/from the province of Buenos Aires
porteño (porteña)
of the city of Buenos Aires
porteño (porteña)
from the city of Buenos Aires
Casa Rosada
The Argentinian president's official residence in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Its façade was painted pink as a sign of national unity by President Sarmiento in the nineteenth century, to symbolize the coming together of two opposing political factions, one of whose banners was red, the other white.
La Boca
A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination.
barrio
A city neighborhood, defined by its geographical location, a characteristic of its inhabitants, a particular feature, or its history. Most barrios have very strong identities. Buenos Aires is unique, with a total of forty-six distinctive barrios, some very well known, such as the oldest, San Telmo, and La Boca.

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Acceptance by letter takes place when the letter is put in the postbox.
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New protocols have been put in place which insist a concussed player abstains from contact for 21 days while he is assessed.
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These war memorials can be put in place by military units or veterans organizations to remember their fallen compatriots.
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That year, she was put in a foster home and gave birth to a baby she gave up for adoption.
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In this construction, the subject of a subordinate clause is put in the accusative case and the verb appears in the infinitive form.
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Besides ground personnel, an air defence mechanism has been put in place in and around the venue.
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An efficient system of dispersing feed and water along the road was put in use.
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Put in cheesecloth with the reserved tomato "guts" and hang in the refrigerator, allowing the liquid to drip into a container below.
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He has been arrested several times and put in prison in the course of his rambles.
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It is equally trite that the concept of natural justice can neither be put in a strait-jacket nor is it a general rule of universal application.
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