crime words in spanish flash cards: argentina spanish expressions

CRIME WORDS: Argentine Spanish Vocabulary Words

Crime Terms Used in Argentina

Based on the book “Speaking Argento: A Guide to Spanish

from Argentina”

By Jared Romey

afanarto steal, rob or swindle

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

arbolitoan illegal money changer (the

changing of money is controlled by the government)

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

batidora snitch, informant

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

bocón a snitch

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

bocinaa snitch

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

bogalawyer

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

botón1) a police officer 2) a snitch

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

botonazo a snitch

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

botonearto inform on, give someone

away, betray

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

buchón a snitch, informant

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

buchonearto inform, give someone

away, betray

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

cachiporraa police night stick

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

campanaa lookout during a robbery

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

canathe police

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

chorearto steal

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

chorroa dirty, rotten thief

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

cobanispolice officers as referred to

by thieves

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

curro1) a thief 2) small job

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

dechavar / deschavar

to snitch on, denounce

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

estar en canato be in jail, prison

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

estar guardadoto be in jail

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

falopadrugs

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

falopearseto shoot up, use drugs

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

falopero a drug addict

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

garcaa swindler, a cheater, the

inverse of cagar

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

gatoa prostitute

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

guardadoimprisoned

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

prontuariopolice record

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

pungaa pick-pocket

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

ratipolice record

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

tumbaprison

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

vigilante1) an informant, a snitch 2)

a police officer

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

yutaa police officer

Argentine Spanish Vocabulary: Crime Terms

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