Buenos Aires 
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Tango
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At night
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At the stadium
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To dance tango It is said that a woman “está planchando” when…
If you hear that someone dances “milonguero”, you think he/she…
The one that dances “milonguero” huggs very tight and uses short steps. When it is said that a man “tiene buena marca”, it is meant that…
If a man “marca bien” it is very easy for the woman to understand what she has to do while dancing. At a table people is talking about the “cabezazo”, you believe they refer to…
“El cabezazo” is an old-fashioned way of inviting someone to dance but it is still used in some milongas. At night… When a porteño (Inhabitant of Buenos Aires) suggests “ir a un boliche”, he is inviting you to…
In Buenos Aires the word “boliche” is used to refer to the discos. Thus “ir al boliche” means going dancing. If someone asks “¿cómo quedamos?” He/She wants to know…
The verb “quedar” is often used to make an appointment or a date. Further example: “Quedamos para mañana a las tres” Some friends invite you to a disco where “hay mucho levante”. They mean that in that place:
“Haber levante” is an expression used to describe that is easy to start a casual relationship with a guy or a girl. You are hanging around at a disco and you hear a girl saying to a guy: “no te zarpes”. You think the guy:
The verb “zarparse” is very often used to describe inappropriate behaviour. You wake up with a “resaca”. That is because…
In Argentina, “resaca” is the slang for “hangover”. At the stadium Which of these football matches is known as the “Superclásico”?
The “Superclásico” is the football match between River Plate and Boca At a football match in Argentina, the most enthusiastic fans watch the game from…
The fans watch the match from the “popular”. They flap colourful flags and they jump and sing throughout the whole match. You want to buy tickets for a match and someone says that if you want to get in, you have to pay “una cometa”. They mean…
“Cometa” is the slang for “coima”. The latter is the equivalent in While fans sing you hear them saying “¡pongan huevo, carajo! They are asking their team to…
The expression “poner huevo” means doing an extra effort to win the match. |
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In Class
Our classroom activities are designed to train the four skills of language: speaking, understanding others when they speak, reading and writing. We don’t teach more “grammar lessons”, but strategies that allow our students to get what they need from the language.
We usually work with real and authentic material , such as newspapers, films, radio recordings and books for natives.
Our courses include activities outside the classroom, so that you can be in contact with natives, and have the chance to talk and listen in real life situations. These activities are:
- Asking for information in the street and shops
- Interviewing natives in order to know their habits
- Visiting museums, alternative publishing houses and fairs
- Attending to lectures and knowing social projects
This way you get to live the city and share the zones preferred by the natives.