English
Lunfardo
Lunfardo comes from Spanish lunfardo.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlunfardo
- EnglishtodayLunfardo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlunfardo
- EnglishtodayLunfardo
The story
Borrowed from Spanish lunfardo, probably from an alteration of lombardo.
Every English word from Spanish lunfardo
Today it means
name A Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish lunfardo / Lunfardo