Welcome to the Lunfardo Dictionary M, your comprehensive guide to the Lunfardo language! On this page, dedicated to the letter “M,” 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 M – Words in Lunfardo, Spanish and English
| Macana: Locura, mentira, estupidez (English: Madness, lie, stupidity) |
| Macanazo: Mentira (English: Lie) |
| Macanear: Mentir (English: Lying) |
| Macanudo: Excelente (English: Excellent) |
| Maceta: Torpe (English: Clumsy) |
| Macharse: Embriagarse (English: Drunk) |
| Machete: ayuda memoria (English: memory aid) |
| Macró: Alcahuete que prostituye mujeres (English: Pimp who prostitutes women) |
| Madama: Regente de prostíbulo (English: Brothel keeper) |
| Madrugado: Anticipado (English: Anticipated) |
| Magallanes: Tonto (English: Fool) |
| Malandra / malandraca: Delincuente Mal viviente en general (English: Delinquent Bad living in general) |
| Malandrinaje: Delincuencia en general (English: Delinquent in general) |
| Malandrino: Delincuente (English: Delinquent) |
| Malanfear: Comer / Defraudar, estafar (English: Eating / Defrauding, swindling) |
| Malanfiar: Comer (English: Eating) |
| Malanfio: Asunto, hecho dudoso (English: Matter, dubious deed) |
| Malario: Infortunio (English: Misfortune) |
| Malerba: Ordinaria (English: Ordinary) |
| Maleta: Torpe, falto de habilidad y destreza (English: Clumsy, lacking in skill and dexterity) |
| Maletro: Se le llama al ladrón de equipaje (English: Called a baggage thief) |
| Malevaje: Maleantes (English: Maleantes) |
| Malevo: Peleador (English: Fighter) |
| Mamadero: Bar, despacho de bebidas alcohólicas (English: Bar, alcoholic beverage dispensing) |
| Mamado: Ebrio (English: Drunk) |
| Mamao: Borracho (English: Drunk) |
| Mamarse: Embriagarse (English: Drunk) |
| Mamchimbre / macho: Concubino (English: Consubine) |
| Mamerto: Torpe (English: Clumsy) |
| Mamón: Ebrio (English: Drunk) |
| Mamúa: Ebriedad (English: Drunk) |
| Mancada: Yerro (English: Mistake) |
| Mancado: Conocido (English: Known) |
| Mancar: Entender, comprender (English: To understand, to comprehend) |
| Mancar: Fracasar en un robo al ser descubierto el ladrón (English: To fail in a robbery when the thief is discovered.) |
| Mancarrón: Achacoso, viejo (English: Old, old) |
| Mancusado: Conocido (English: Known) |
| Mancusar: Conocer (English: Known) |
| Mandamás: Autoridad, patrón, jefe (English: Authority, employer, boss) |
| Manduque: Comida (English: Food) |
| Manflora / o: Invertido (English: Inverted) |
| Manflorita: Invertido (English: Inverted) |
| Manga: Sablazo / Mucho, gran cantidad (English: Sablazo / Much, great quantity) |
| Mangador: Sablista, pedigüeño (English: Sablista, pedigüeño) |
| Mangagases: Dinero, pesos (English: Money, pesos) |
| Manganeta: Treta, engaño (English: Trickery, deceit) |
| Mangante: Pedigüeño, sablista (English: Pedigüeño, sablista) |
| Mangar: Sablear (English: Sabotage) |
| Mangazo: Sablazo (English: Sablazo) |
| Mangos: Pesos (English: Pesos) |
| Mangruyos: Dinero, pesos (English: Money, pesos) |
| Manguear: Sablear Pedir dinero (English: Sablear Asking for money) |
| Manguero: Sablista (English: Sablist) |
| Manguiyos: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Manija: Influencia, poder (English: Influence, power) |
| Manijear: Impulsar, influenciar (English: To push, influence) |
| Manú: Tonto (English: Fool) |
| Manyacaña: Borracho (English: Drunk) |
| Manyado: Conocido (English: Known) |
| Manyamiento: Reconocimiento policial (English: Police recognition) |
| Manyaoreja: Obsecuente (English: Obsessive) |
| Manyapapeles: Abogado (English: Lawyer) |
| Manyar: Comer Darse cuenta (English: Eating Noticed) |
| Manyín: Ebrio, consuetudinario (English: Drunk, consuetudinary) |
| Máquina: Beldad (English: Beauty) |
| Maranfio: Asunto, hecho dudoso (English: Affair, dubious fact) |
| Marcha atrás: Invertido, gay (English: Inverted, gay) |
| Marchanta: Arrebatiña (English: Arrebatiña) |
| Marciano: Idiota (English: Idiot) |
| Marengos: Dinero, pesos (English: Money, pesos) |
| María muñeca: Masturbación (English: Masturbation) |
| Mariano: Valiente (English: Brave) |
| Marimba: Zurra, paliza (English: Zurra, beating) |
| Marinante / maringote: Marinero (English: Sailor) |
| Mariposón: Afeminado / Galanteador, enamoradizo, voluble (English: Effeminate / Gallant, amorous, voluble) |
| Marmote: Torpe (English: Clumsy) |
| Maroma: Situación de riesgo, suscitarse (English: Risky situation, arouse) |
| Marote: Cabeza (English: Head) |
| Marquillado: Se dice del naipe preparado de cierto modo tramposo (English: Said of a card prepared in a certain tricky way.) |
| Marroca: Cadena del reloj (English: Watch chain) |
| Marroco: Pan (English: Bread) |
| Marronazo: Puñetazo (English: Punch) |
| Marroquero: Tacaño (English: Stingy) |
| Marrusa / marusa: Zurra, paliza, golpes (English: Lefty, beating, blows) |
| Martona: Suerte / Senos (English: Luck / Breasts) |
| Marusa: Golpiza (English: Beat) |
| Masacrar: Matar, asesinar (English: Killing, murder) |
| Masacre: Asesinato (English: Murder) |
| Masoca: Masoquista o pesimista (English: Masochistic or pessimistic) |
| Masoquearse: Castigarse (English: Punish yourself) |
| Matadero: Albergue transitorio (English: Transient shelter) |
| Matambre: Muerto (English: Dead) |
| Matasanos: Médico (English: Physician) |
| Mate: Cabeza (English: Head) |
| Matete: Desorden, lío (English: Disorder, mess) |
| Matina: Mañana, primera mitad del día (English: Morning, first half of the day) |
| Matonear: Intimidar (English: Intimidate) |
| Matoneo: Intimidación (English: Intimidation) |
| Matrero: Fugitivo (English: Fugitive) |
| Matrimoniado: Casado (English: Married) |
| Matrimoniarse: Casarse (English: Married) |
| Matufia: Embrollo con propósito de fraude (English: Embroilment for the purpose of fraud) |
| Matufiero: Informal, tramposo (English: Informal, cheating) |
| Matungo: Caballo viejo, achacoso, inútil (English: Old horse, old, stiff, useless) |
| Maturrango: Caballo viejo, achacoso, inútil (English: Old horse, stiff, useless) |
| Maula (Español): Cobarde (English: Coward) |
| Mayorengo: Oficial mayor (policía), comisario (English: Senior officer (police), sheriff) |
| Mechera: Ladrona en tiendas (English: Shoplifter) |
| Mejicaneada: robo o atraco a contrabandistas u otros delincuentes apropiándose de su motín (English: robbery or robbery of smugglers or other criminals by appropriating his mutiny) |
| Melenudo: Pelilargo, desgreñado (English: Long-haired, disheveled) |
| Melón: Cabeza (English: Head) |
| Melonazo: Tonto (English: Dumb) |
| Menega: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Meneguina: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Menesunda: Droga / Desorden, lío (English: Drug / Disorder, mess) |
| Menta: Fama, voz u opinión acerca de un persona (English: Fame, voice or opinion about a person) |
| Meódromo: Retrete (English: Toilet) |
| Merengue: Afeminado / Desorden, lío (English: Affeminate / Disorder, mess) |
| Meresunda: Droga (English: Drug) |
| Merlín / merlo / merluza: Tonto (English: Foolish) |
| Merluza: Borrachera (English: Drunkenness) |
| Mersa: Conjunto de personas de baja condición (English: Set of people of low status) |
| Mersún: Ordinario, rústico (English: Ordinary, rustic) |
| Merza: Peña (English: Peña) |
| Mestizo: Piano (English: Piano) |
| Metejón: Cariño, pasión, amor (English: Affection, passion, love) |
| Metejonearse / meterse: Enamoramiento (English: Infatuation) |
| Meterse: Encariñarse (English: To become attached) |
| Metido /a: Enamorado apasionadamente (English: Passionately in love) |
| Metido: Endeudado (English: Indebted) |
| Milanesa: Mentira (English: Lying) |
| Milanesero: Mentiroso (English: Liar) |
| Millonaria: Sífilis (English: Syphilis) |
| Milonga: Cabaret, baile, festín (English: Cabaret, dance, feast) |
| Milongón: Fiesta bailable (English: Dance party) |
| Milonguera: Joven cabaretera (English: Young cabaret girl) |
| Milonguita: Mujer de vida aireada (English: Woman of airy life) |
| Mina: Mujer (English: Woman) |
| Minaje: Grupo de mujeres (English: Group of women) |
| Miñango: Trozo (English: Piece) |
| Minerío: Grupo de mujeres (English: Women’s group) |
| Minerva: Mujer (English: Woman) |
| Minga: Nada, no (English: None, no) |
| Mino: Invertido (English: Inverted) |
| Minola / minón / minusa: Mujer (English: Woman) |
| Miqueta: Puñetazo (English: Punch) |
| Mirantes / mirones: Ojos (English: Eyes) |
| Mirón: Ojos (English: Eyes) |
| Mishe: Hombre maduro que paga generosamente favores de mujeres (English: Mature man who pays generously for women’s favors) |
| Mishiadura: Indigencia, miseria, pobreza (English: Destitution, misery, poverty) |
| Mishio: Indigente (English: Destitute) |
| Mistificador: Farsante, simulador (English: Faker, simulator) |
| Mistificar: Defraudar, estafar (English: Defraud, swindle) |
| Misto: Cándido (English: Candid) |
| Mistonga: pobreza (English: poverty) |
| Mistongo: Humilde, insignificante (English: Humble, insignificant) |
| Mistonguelaje: Conjunto de gente, cosas o sucesos mistongos, pobres o humildes (English: A group of people, things or events that are poor, poor or humble) |
| Mistonguería: Indigencia (English: Indigence) |
| Mita y mita: Por mitades (English: In halves) |
| Miti y miti: Por mitades (English: In halves) |
| Mixto: Pederasta, ambidiestro (English: Pedophile, ambidextrous) |
| Mojar: Atrapar, agarrar Fornicar (English: To catch, to seize Fornicate) |
| Molde, en el: Quieto (English: Quiet) |
| Mondonguera: Estómago (English: Stomach) |
| Mongo Aurelio: Incredulidad Personajes inexistentes utilizados en el lenguaje popular (English: Incredulity Non-existent characters used in popular language) |
| Mono: Enseres del linyera en un atado (English: Linyera’s belongings in a bundle) |
| Monseñor: Herramienta para violar cerraduras (English: Lock-picking tool) |
| Montonera: Mucho, en cantidad (English: A lot, in quantity) |
| Montoto: Personaje inexistente utilizado en el lenguaje popular (English: Non-existent character used in popular language) |
| Mopio: Tonto (English: Tonto) |
| Morder: Cohechar (English: Cohechar) |
| Mordida: Cohecho (English: Cohecho) |
| Morena: Pistola (English: Pistol) |
| Morfar: Comer (English: Eat) |
| Morfeta: Hermafrodita, invertido (English: Hermaphrodite, inverted) |
| Morfetear: Comer (English: Eating) |
| Morfi: Comida (English: Eating) |
| Morfilar: Comer (English: Eating) |
| Morlaco: peso (English: weight) |
| Morlacos: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Mormoso: Magullado (English: Bruised) |
| Morocha: Pistola (English: Gun) |
| Morocho: Teléfono (English: Phone) |
| Morondanga: Nadería (English: Swimming) |
| Mortadela: Muerto (English: Dead) |
| Mosaico: Moza, mujer (English: Wench, woman) |
| Mosca, quedarse: Impasible, quieto (English: Unmoved, still) |
| Mosca: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Moscarda: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Moscón: Fastidioso (English: Fastidious) |
| Mosqueta: Dinero (English: Money) |
| Mostaza: Enojo (English: Anger) |
| Mostrador: Senos / Experiencia (English: Breasts / Experience) |
| Movida: Reprimenda (English: Reprimand) |
| Mueble: Albergue transitorio / Mujer (English: Transient shelter / Woman) |
| Muerto: Facturación de gastos (English: Expense Billing) |
| Mufa: Mal humor, fastidio, ánimo decaído, mala suerte (English: Bad mood, annoyance, low spirits, bad luck) |
| Mufarse: Aburrirse, malhumorarse (English: Bored, moody) |
| Mujerage: Grupo de mujeres (English: Group of women) |
| Mujica: Mujer (English: Woman) |
| Mula: Estafa, fraude (English: Swindle, fraud) |
| Mulero: Fullero, tramposo (English: Fullero, cheat) |
| Muñeca: Experiencia, habilidad (English: Experience, skill) |
| Muñequear: Influenciar (English: Influence) |
| Murga: Comparsa que actúa en los carnavales con diversos instrumentos y vistosos trajes (English: A group that performs at carnivals with various instruments and colorful costumes.) |
| Mus: Silencio (English: Silence) |
| Musa: Mentira (English: Lie) |
| Música: Cartera, billetera / Dinero (English: Purse, wallet / Money) |
| Musicante: Músicos (English: Musicians) |
| Musiqueros: Músicos (English: Musicians) |
| Muzarela: Silencio (English: Silence) |
