Welcome to the Lunfardo Dictionary L, your comprehensive guide to the Lunfardo language! On this page, dedicated to the letter “L,” you will find a ton of Lunfardo words, each followed by its meaning in standard Spanish and then translated into English for easy understanding.
Lunfardo Dictionary L – Words in Lunfardo, Spanish and English
| La casa del pueblo: Cementerio (English: Cemetery) |
| La Pesada: Sector del delito que agrupa a los pistoleros (English: Sector of crime that groups together the gunmen) |
| Labia: Facilidad para dialogar (English: Ease of dialogue) |
| Laburador / laburante: Trabajador (English: Worker) |
| Laburar: Trabajar (English: Work) |
| Laburo: Trabajo (English: Work) |
| Ladeado: Enojado (English: Angry) |
| Ladero: Compañía (English: Company) |
| Ladiya: Fastidioso (English: Annoying) |
| Ladrillo: Ladrón (English: Thief) |
| Laícero / lápiz: Levanta juego (clandestino) (English: Raises game (clandestine)) |
| Lambeculos: Obsecuente (English: Obsessive) |
| Lampar: Dar / pegar (English: Giving / hitting) |
| Lance: Acción que se ejecuta sin seguridad de éxito (English: Action that is executed without certainty of success) |
| Lancear: Robar (English: Stealing) |
| Lancero: Ladrón (opera con dos dedos) / Galanteador (English: Thief (operates with two fingers) / Gallant) |
| Lancero: ladrón, ratero (English: Thief, thief) |
| Lánguido: Indigente / pobre (English: Destitute / poor) |
| Lapicero: pasador clandestino de apuestas (English: Undercover bookmaker) |
| Largar: Delatar / Despedir, echar (English: To snitch / To dismiss, to throw out) |
| Largavistas: Prismáticos (English: Binoculars) |
| Largo: Alto (English: High) |
| Lastrar: Comer (English: Eat) |
| Lastre: Comida (English: Food) |
| Lata: Ficha metálica por la que la pupila canjeaba a la madame el dinero recibido por el cliente (English: Metal token for which the pupil exchanged the money received by the client with the madame) |
| Latería: Relojería, joyería (English: Watches, jewelry) |
| Lavandero: Abogado (English: Lawyer) |
| Leche: Suerte (English: Luck) |
| Lechera: En el juego de las bolitas, la predilecta del jugador, por lo común es blanca (English: In the game of jacks, the player’s favorite ball, usually white.) |
| Lechero / a: Afortunado (English: Lucky) |
| Lechero: Billetera, cartera (English: Wallet, purse) |
| Lechusear: Agorar, dar mala suerte (English: Agorar, to bring bad luck) |
| Lechuza: Agorero, tipo de mal agüero (English: Agorero, bad omen guy) |
| Leña / leñada: Zurra, paliza (English: Zurra, beating) |
| Leñar: Zurrar (English: Zurrar) |
| Lengo: Pañuelo de uso masculino (English: Male handkerchief) |
| Lenguaraz: Tipo que practica el cunnilinguo (English: Type that practices cunnilinguism) |
| Lengue (italiano): Pañuelo (English: Handkerchief) |
| Lentazo / lente: Ojeada (English: Glance) |
| Lentear: Observar (English: Observing) |
| Leona: Beldad (English: Beauty) |
| Leonera: Depósito de detenidos (English: Detainee Warehouse) |
| Leones: Pantalones (English: Pants) |
| Levantar: Conquistar / Pagar / Reprender (English: Conquer / Pay / Reprimand) |
| Levante: Reprimenda / Conquista amorosa (English: Reprimand / Love conquest) |
| Libreto: Texto, cosa estudiada (English: Text, studied thing) |
| Liebre, correr la: Padecer de hambre (English: To suffer from hunger) |
| Liendre: Astuto, despabilado (English: Sly, cunning, clever) |
| Lienzos: Pantalones (English: Pants) |
| Liga: Suerte / Agarra, atrapa (English: Luck / Grab, catch) |
| Ligador: Afortunado (English: Lucky) |
| Ligar: Recibir castigo (English: Receive punishment) |
| Limones: Senos (English: Breasts) |
| Limosnero: Ladrón de alcancías de iglesias (English: Church piggy bank robber) |
| Limpiar: Matar, asesinar / Robar (English: Kill, murder / Steal) |
| Limpio: Indigente Libre de cuentas pendientes con la Justicia (English: Indigent Free of outstanding accounts with Justice) |
| Linusa: Pereza (English: Sloth) |
| Linuso: Perezoso (English: Lazy) |
| Linyera: Vagabundo / Enseres del linyera (English: Vagabond / Linyera’s belongings) |
| Liquidado: Asesinado (English: Murdered) |
| Liquidar: Asesinar (English: Murdered) |
| Lisa: Flaca, descarnada (English: Skinny, fleshy) |
| Liso: Proxeneta (English: Pimp) |
| Listo: Achacoso (English: Achacoso) |
| Llantas: Zapatos (English: Shoes) |
| Llenar: Fastidiar (English: Annoying) |
| Llenarse: Malhumorarse (English: Grumpy) |
| Lleno: Malhumorado (English: Moody) |
| Llorón: Violín (English: Violin) |
| Locatelli: Loco (English: Crazy) |
| Lofiar: Estafar (English: Scam) |
| Logi: Gil (English: Gil) |
| Lola, no querer: Despreocuparse (English: Uncaring) |
| Lompas: Pantalones (English: Pants) |
| Lonyi: Tonto (English: Fool) |
| Lonyipietro: Tonto (English: Fool) |
| Lora: Mujer de costumbres livianas (English: Woman of light habits) |
| Lorenzo: Mujer sin atractivos (English: Unattractive woman) |
| Loro: Mujer sin atractivos (English: Unattractive woman) |
| Luca: Billete de mil pesos (English: Thousand peso bill) |
| Lufanía: La musa lunfa (English: Lunfa muse) |
| Lunfa: Lunfardo (English: Lunfardo) |
| Lunfamanía: Costumbre de hablar en lunfa (English: Custom of speaking in lunfa) |
| Lunfapoesía: Poética lunfa (English: Lunfa poetics) |
| Lunfardesco: Relacionado con el lunfa (English: Related to lunfa) |
| Lunfardía: Mundo del lunfa (English: Lunfa world) |
| Lunfardo: Ladrón, maleante (English: Thief, crook) |
| Lunfardología: Inventario del lunfa (English: Lunfa inventory) |
| Lunfaverseante: Poeta lunfa (English: Lunfa Poet) |
| Lunfo/ a: Alto (English: High) |
| Lurpiar: Defraudar, estafar (English: To defraud, to swindle) |
