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Tag: langa

Definitions tagged langa in the street dictionary.

es un banana

A man who is full of himself and acts like he is a total heartthrob. He thinks he is trendy, high-class, and extremely attractive, but his attitude is cloying and irritating (Langa is back-slang for galan, meaning a ladies man).

Look at that banana... nice one, bananin... what, you think you are such a banana?

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Argentinaby Aili

langa

A smooth-talking ladies man. It is the word galan with the syllables reversed (a slang practice known as vesre), popular during the 1990s in nightclubs and street culture.

That kid is a total langa.

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langa

Lunfardo for a ladies man or smooth talker who flaunts his masculinity, charm, or wealth to impress women. In Argentina, it describes someone acting like a big shot or heartthrob (a vesre, or reversed-syllable word, derived from galan).

stop acting like the langa with those girls and get to work! this guy is definitely a langa!

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