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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Levels
| Beginners | |
| Students acquire a base on which they can continue their Spanish studies. They learn to use simple sentences to provide information about themselves. They will be able to talk about, ask and understand information related to everyday life. | Students will be able to participate in simple conversations even though they don’t understand all the words. They will be able to perform simple communicative functions in places such as hotels, restaurants, shops and airports. They will be able to read and write simple letters. They will also understand the overall meaning of journalistic texts of which they can anticipate the meaning, or they are familiar with. |
| Intermediate | |
| Students will understand and participate in conversations about various matters, mostly those concerning their own interests. They will be able to express their opinions as well as asking and giving information. They will be able to express themselves and make others understand them without recurring to their native language. | They will be able to understand conversations with natives at a normal speed, as well as keep a conversation on the telephone. They will be able to understand the overall meaning of TV programs in which familiar topics are dealt with in a clear, simple way. Students will be able to read any text of their interest. |
| Advanced | |
| Students will be able to express complex ideas, make suggestions and keep conversations with fluency. They will make some mistakes but they will express themselves easily. They will be able to read newspapers without dictionaries, and understanding a 70% of the information. They will have a broad vocabulary to communicate with natives in real life situations and they will be ready to work in jobs that require the ability to give and receive information in Spanish. | Students will be in conditions to act in any situation of real life, namely in social, everyday life or academic situations. They will make few mistakes. They will express with the fluency of a native in any conversation and will be able to expound on any subject that they have studied or researched about. They will be able to understand overall and detailed meaning of radio and TV programs, as long as the audio quality is good. |