Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunfardo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lun-far-do
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lunfardo, probably from an alteration of lombardo.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: lunfardo

Questions

What does lunfardo mean?: A Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
Where does lunfardo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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