Meaning ot the Lunfardo Terms
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The meanings are presented in order of appearance

 
COMPADRITO:   		 
Young man from the suburbs who mimicked the compadres' attitudes.
 
COMPADRE:   		 
Gaucho absorbed by the city who kept his independent attitude in his clothing and behavior. Bragging and belligerent person.
 
ESMUJEN:  
A person who worked in a second-hand shop known as cambalache.
 
AMURÉ:   		 
First person singular of the verb amurar. To swindle.
 
ZARZOS:   		 
Ear-ring
 
DEBUTE:   		 
Excellent, supreme, best-quality.
 
FARABUTE:   		 
Scoundrel, rouge, braggart.
 
COTORRO:   		 
Lodging, room, especially of a single male.
 
PIANTÉ:   		 
From espiantar
 
ESPIANTAR:   		 
To rob. To dispossess, to deprive someone of something. To remove surreptitiously.
 
PAPUSA:   		 
From papa
 
PAPA:   		 
Beautiful thing of top-quality or use.
 
CREPÉ:   		 
In the expression "seda crepé", silk fabrik in which the warp is more twisted than the filling, resembling crepe.
 
PERCANTA:   		 
Woman, as seen from the amatory standpoint.
 
AMURASTE:   		 
Second person singular of the verb amurar. To abandon.