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Tag: sifón

Definitions tagged sifón in the street dictionary.

sodero

The delivery person who brings siphons of sparkling water to homes. He drives a truck through neighborhoods, swapping crates of empty returnable bottles for full ones (in Argentina, having seltzer delivered in heavy glass or plastic siphons is a common household tradition).

Leave the siphons by the door, the sodero should be coming by any minute now.

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napia

A slang way to refer to the nose, usually when it is large or prominent.

Look at the napia on that guy! If he blows his nose he will kill us all.

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soda

Sparkling water dispensed from a pressurized siphon bottle (in Argentina, this term refers specifically to carbonated water and never to flavored soft drinks, which are called gaseosas).

I drink my wine with soda.

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