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
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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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