Buenos Aires radio stations (city and province)
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Culture
Buenos Aires was founded twice: first by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536, in a settlement soon abandoned, and for good by Juan de Garay in 1580, on the bank of the River Plate. The capital of Argentina grew enormously between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when millions of immigrants arrived, mostly from Italy and Spain. That mix shows in the accent, the food and the European-style architecture of the wide avenues. Locals are called porteños, and every neighbourhood has its own personality: San Telmo, with cobbled streets and antique shops; La Boca, with its colourful corrugated-iron houses and the Boca Juniors stadium; Palermo, with parks and bars; Recoleta, with its grand mansions; and the centre, around Plaza de Mayo. Porteños love long conversations in cafés, bookshops open late and dinner after nine at night. Mate is passed from hand to hand among friends, Sunday asado brings the family together, and the milongas, the tango dance halls, fill up during the week. Football is serious business: a Boca versus River derby brings the city to a halt.
Things to see
Local food
- Asado — Beef on the grill, from short ribs to flank, with chorizo, blood sausage and chimichurri.
- Empanadas — Baked turnovers filled with beef, chicken or cheese and onion, ordered by the dozen.
- Milanesa a la napolitana — Breaded steak topped with tomato sauce, ham and cheese, served with fries.
- Buenos Aires-style pizza — Thick crust and lots of cheese, an Italian legacy. Try fugazzeta, stuffed with cheese and topped with onion.
- Alfajor and dulce de leche — Two soft biscuits sandwiching dulce de leche, often coated in chocolate.
Accent and slang
- “Che”
- "Hey", "mate". An informal call so common it became a nickname for Argentines.
- “Boludo”
- Among friends, "dude". With strangers or in an angry tone it is an insult ("idiot"). Visitors are better off not using it.
- “Laburo”
- Work, job. From the Italian "lavoro".
- “Quilombo”
- A mess, chaos. Note: it does not carry the meaning the word has in Brazil.
- “Mina”
- Woman, girl (informal).
- “Bárbaro”
- Great, excellent. "¡Bárbaro!": perfect!
Tip: play a local news station to hear the accent.
Local music
Tango was born in the late 19th century in the port districts of the River Plate, mixing milonga, habanera, candombe and the music of European immigrants, with the bandoneon at its heart. Carlos Gardel was its great voice and Astor Piazzolla reinvented it with tango nuevo. In 2009 UNESCO added it to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, jointly with Uruguay. From the late 1960s Buenos Aires also became the cradle of Argentine rock nacional, from Charly García to Soda Stereo. Buenos Aires radio plays lots of rock nacional, Latin pop and cumbia, some stations are devoted to tango, and football dominates sports broadcasting.
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Sources: Wikivoyage — Buenos Aires (CC BY-SA) · Wikipedia — Buenos Aires (CC BY-SA) · UNESCO — Tango.