Season 1 · Episode 17
Violetta
A musically-talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires after living in Europe.
Rioplatense colloquial. Literally suggests heavy or clumsy feet. Used affectionately or mockingly depending on tone.
Fixed idiom. Signals that someone holds a personal grudge and is watching for any chance to act on it. Very common in everyday speech.
Used across the Río de la Plata region to describe a plan or situation that is flawed, dodgy, or morally questionable. Can refer to physical crookedness or figurative dishonesty.
Reflexive construction. Implies deliberate, strategic inattention. Common in everyday spoken Argentine Spanish.
Literally 'to sink'. In colloquial use, describes ruining someone's reputation or situation, not physical sinking.
Common Rioplatense term for a small snack eaten mid-morning or mid-afternoon. Not a slang term per se, but its meaning is non-transparent and regional.
Fixed adverbial phrase. Used to mean 'with no title or qualifier attached', as in just a first name with no last name or rank. Non-compositional: 'dry' does not yield this meaning.
Argentine