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Tag: inmigrantes

Definitions tagged inmigrantes in the street dictionary.

La Boca

A traditional Buenos Aires neighborhood where European immigrants settled in the late 19th century, living in famous tenement houses called conventillos. The name means the mouth, referring to its location at the mouth of the Riachuelo river (it is a historic, colorful area famous for tango and the Caminito street).

Shall we go for a walk in La Boca, visit Caminito, and listen to some tangos?

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conventillo

A run-down tenement house made of corrugated metal where European immigrant families lived in overcrowded conditions in early 20th-century Argentina. (These buildings were typically found in Buenos Aires neighborhoods like La Boca or San Telmo, near the riverfront).

The conventillos were home to many Italian anarchists.

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spiks

A derogatory slur used to mock Latin American immigrants in the US. It comes from a phonetic corruption of the phrase I do not speak English.

fuck all the spiks! from The Boys by Junot Diaz.

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Panchito

A racist slur used in Spain to disparage people from Latin America (likely derived from the name Pancho, used as a stereotype).

Fuck, guys, look at those panchitos dancing reggaeton.

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