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Italian Influence

Due to Argentina’s Italian influence, many Argentineans say chau (from the Italian ciao) instead of adios to say “good-bye.” Much of the lunfardo comes from Italian. For example, the word fiaca is similar to fiacco, which means “weak” in Italian. 

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