Definitions tagged levante in the street dictionary.
To have game or be naturally successful at picking people up (in Argentina, the noun levante refers to the act of picking someone up or a person's attractiveness).
With those eyes, he has so much tener levante!
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To signal a woman at a nightclub by nodding your head. The cabeceo is a flirting technique that went out of style decades ago (it is the traditional way to invite a partner to dance in Argentine tango halls).
I was trying to cabecear her from the other side of the club, but the chick either did not see me or she was just playing dumb.
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A good-looking, seductive man who is magnetic with women. A ladies' man or neighborhood charmer (derived from the legendary literary character).
He acts all humble, but I know he is the donjuán of the neighborhood.
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To take a chance or shoot one's shot, specifically by making a romantic or sexual move on someone to see if they respond favorably.
The guy se tiró un lance with me, but I didn't pay him any mind.
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An expression used for a man who is an extreme womanizer and hits on every woman in sight, leaving no one out. (In Argentina, a boliche refers to a nightclub).
He went to the nightclub and hit on every single girl there. No dejó títere con cabeza.
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A man who habitually dates or hooks up with unattractive women. (In Argentina, an ugly person is colloquially called a bagallo, which literally means a bundle or a piece of heavy luggage.)
You did not hook up with a single hot girl at the club, you are a total bagallero, man!
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A strategy or move used by a man to get closer to a woman and improve his chances of a romantic or sexual encounter. (The term refers to the small target ball in the game of bochas, similar to lawn bowls).
I invited her to the movies. Let's see if I can arrimar el bochín.
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A string of flirtatious or suggestive remarks aimed at someone, usually with the intent of hitting on them. It is a key part of the phrase tirar los galgos (an Argentine idiom meaning to pursue someone romantically, literally to release the hounds).
- And Facundo was nonstop tiroteo with that girl at the club.
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To hit on someone or make a romantic move. It is typically used when a man pursues a woman. (The phrase literally means to release the greyhounds, referring to setting hunting or racing dogs after a target).
My classmate from college tiró los galgos at me.
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The likelihood of fish biting the hook in a body of water. In social slang, it refers to the chances of successfully flirting or picking someone up at a specific place, such as a nightclub (boliche).
Let's go to Chascomus, will there be any Pique in the lagoon? You were at the bar last night, was there any Pique?
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