An expression used to describe meat that is so tender and perfectly cooked it feels like it cuts itself. It is usually used at an Argentine barbecue when the beef is soft enough to be cut without a knife. (Asado and vacio are staple cuts of meat in Argentine culture).
At a BBQ with friends: Man, this is spectacular, it se corta solo.
An area in a house or club used for parties and social gatherings, generally with a thatched roof. It includes a grill for cooking a barbecue, long tables, and benches, which are often improvised with wooden planks and sawhorses. (In Argentina, this is the designated space for hosting a traditional barbecue with family and friends).
Why don't you come over this weekend and we'll have a barbecue in the quincho?
Organ meats or offal served as appetizers before the main meat cuts in a traditional barbecue (In Argentina, these items are the first course of an asado and usually include intestines, sweetbreads, and kidneys).
I want to get there early so I do not miss the achuras.
Each of the pieces produced when splitting logs with an axe or other tool for firewood (this is a regional variant of the standard word astilla, meaning splinter or wood chip).
In the Carracillo region, the pieces of wood resulting from a woodcutter splitting logs with an axe to be used as fuel in stoves and boilers are called Estillas.