Welcome to the Lunfardo Dictionary R, your comprehensive guide to the Lunfardo language! On this page, dedicated to the letter “R,” 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 R – Words in Lunfardo, Spanish and English
| Rabiosa: Pistola (English: Gun ) |
| Rabona: Ratearse, espantarse (English: Ratearse, to be frightened) |
| Radicha / radicheta: Radical (English: Radical) |
| Rafa: Inverción silábica de farra (English: Syllabic inversion of farra) |
| Rafiñar: Robar (English: Stealing) |
| Ragú: Hambre (English: Hunger) |
| Raja: Escapar, huir Correr (English: Escape, flee Run ) |
| Rajado: Despedido / Echado (English: Dismissed / Dismissed) |
| Rajar: Despedir / Echar (English: To dismiss / To send away) |
| Rajar: Huir (English: Flee) |
| Raje, dar el: Despido (English: Dismissed) |
| Raje: Escape / Huída (English: Escape / Flee) |
| Rama, en la: Indigencia (English: Destitution) |
| Rana: Vivo, listo (English: Alive, ready) |
| Ranada: Viveza (English: Viveza) |
| Ranchitos: Casitas (English: Casitas) |
| Rancho: Sombrero de paja (English: Straw hat) |
| Ranero: Del barrio de Las ranas (English: From the neighborhood of Las Ranas) |
| Ranfaña: Raído, sucio (English: Shabby, dirty) |
| Ranfañosa: Raído, sucio (English: Raggy, dirty) |
| Ranfiña: Robo / Ladrón (English: Robbery / Thief) |
| Ranfiñar: Robar (English: Stealing) |
| Rante: Aferesis de atorrante, vago y mal entretenido (English: Aphoresis of a bum, lazy and poorly entertained) |
| Rantería: Indigencia (English: Indigence) |
| Ranterío: Cáfila, grupo mersa (English: Crass, mersa group) |
| Rantifusa: Despreciable, vil (English: Despicable, vile) |
| Rantifuso: Sucio, despabilado (English: Dirty, shameless) |
| Ranun: Aumento de rana, que se dice de la persona astuta y avispada (English: Aphesis of frog, said of a shrewd, shrewd person) |
| Rasca / rascabuche: Indigente (English: Indigent) |
| Rascada: Beneficio exiguo, trabajo ocasional (English: Meager profit, occasional work) |
| Rascar: Atrapar (English: Catch) |
| Rascún: Buscavidas (English: Seeker) |
| Raspa: Reprimenda / Ladrón (English: Reprimand / Thief) |
| Raspar: Reprender / Robar (English: Reprimand / Stealer) |
| Rasposo: Raído, sucio (English: Tatty, dirty) |
| Rastacuero: Ostentoso (English: Ostentatious) |
| Rata: Novillos / Indigente (English: Truant / Indigent) |
| Ratear: Hacer novillos (English: Playing truant) |
| Ratero: Novillero / Ladrón (English: Truant / Thief) |
| Rati: Policía de investigaciones (English: Investigation police) |
| Raviol: Sobre con cocaína (English: Envelope with cocaine) |
| Rayado: Enloquecido (English: Crazed) |
| Rayadura: Locura (English: Madness) |
| Raye: Locura (English: Madness) |
| Rea: Ramera (English: Whore) |
| Rebaje de naipe: Trampa que consiste en preparar ciertos naipes con un mínimo rebaje de sus bordes (English: Trap that consists of preparing certain playing cards with a minimum of edge trimming.) |
| Reblán: Achacoso, deteriorado (English: Achacoso, deteriorated) |
| Rebusques: Medios de vida (English: Means of living) |
| Rechalarse: Es el verbo chalarse “enloquecerse” con el prefijo re (English: It is the verb chalarse “to go mad” with the prefix re) |
| Rechiflar: Enloquecer, predisponer, perturbar (English: To go mad, to predispose, to disturb) |
| Rechiflarse: Enojarse (English: Anger) |
| Rechifle: Enojo / Locura (English: Anger / Madness) |
| Rechipe: Chispe, excelente, con prefijo aumentativo (English: Sparkle, excellent, with augmentative prefix) |
| Refalar: Dar, entregar / Robar (English: To give, to deliver / To steal) |
| Refilar la vianda: Castigar, golpear (English: Punish, beat) |
| Refilar un lao: Prepararlo para la trampa por sutil limado de bordes (English: To prepare him for the trap by subtle filing of edges) |
| Refilar: Dar, entregar (English: To give, to deliver) |
| Refistolear: observar (English: observe) |
| Refliar: Dar, entregar (English: Give, deliver) |
| Refundido: Indigente, arruinado (English: Destitute, ruined) |
| Refundir: Liquidar, arruinar (English: Liquidate, ruin) |
| Regadera: Crica / Cargoso, pesado (English: Crica / Burdensome, heavy) |
| Regalado: Indigente, pobre / Extenuado, vencido (English: Destitute, poor / Extenuated, defeated) |
| Registradora: Cabeza (English: Head) |
| Rejilla, irse por la: Morir (English: To die) |
| Rejuntado: Amancebado (English: Amancebado) |
| Relache: Interrupción o ausencia (English: Interruption or absence) |
| Relojeado: Conocido, observado (English: Known, observed) |
| Relojear: Observar (English: Observed) |
| Remaba: Trabajaba esforzadamente (English: Worked hard) |
| Remanchar: Arruinar (English: Ruin) |
| Remanyao: Percibir, comprender, conocer (English: Perceive, understand, know) |
| Remanyar: Muy conocido Conocer muy bien (English: Well known Know very well) |
| Remanye: Perspicacia (English: Insight) |
| Remar: Trabajar esforzadamente (English: Work hard) |
| Remos: Piernas (English: Legs) |
| Reo: Vagabundo, cachafaz (English: Vagabond, cachafaz) |
| Repartija: Reparto de robo (English: Robbery delivery) |
| Repe: En el juego de bolitas, rebote (English: In the ball game, bounce) |
| Repisas: Senos (English: Breasts) |
| Reprise: Reaparición (English: Reappearance) |
| Repuntar: Progresar (English: Progress) |
| Requintado: Sombrero inclinado o ladeado (English: Tilted or tilted hat) |
| Reseco: Sin dinero (English: No money) |
| Retacear: Mezquinar (English: Shuffle) |
| Retacón: De baja estatura y grueso (English: Short and thick) |
| Retambufa: Bujarrón, homosexual activo (English: Bujarron, active homosexual) |
| Retobar: Oponer (English: Oppose) |
| Retobarse: Revelarse (English: Reveal) |
| Reventador: Violador de cajas de caudales (English: Box-breaker) |
| Reventar al burro: Forzar un caja o un cajón que contiene dinero (English: To break into a box or drawer containing money.) |
| Reventar: Morir violentamente (English: Dying violently) |
| Reversible: Pancista (English: Pancist) |
| Revesina: Revés (English: Reverse) |
| Reviente: Acción de reventar Deterioro o enfermedad (English: Action of bursting Deterioration or disease) |
| Revirarse: Enloquecer (English: To go mad) |
| Revire: Locura (English: Madness) |
| Rifado: Extenuado, Agotado (English: Exhausted, Exhausted) |
| Robreca: Inversion silabica de cabrero, enojadizo, enojado (English: Syllabic inversion of cabrero, enojadizo, enojado) |
| Rolar: Caminar acompañado / Funcionar, andar (English: To walk accompanied / To run, to walk) |
| Rolete, a: Mucho, en cantidad (English: A lot, in quantity) |
| Rompebolas: Fastidioso (English: Fastidious) |
| Rompepeines: Cabeza (English: Head) |
| Roña: Enojo (English: Anger) |
| Roncar: Mandar, ordenar (English: To command, to order) |
| Ronga, de: Gratuitamente (English: Gratuitously) |
| Ropero: Contrabajo (English: Contrabass) |
| Rosca, entregar la: Morir, (English: To die, ) |
| Rosca: Desorden, pelea / Puñetazo (English: Disorder, fight / Punch) |
| Rosquete, entregar el: Morir (English: Die) |
| Rostrear: Quedarse dolosamente con el producto de un robo, estafando al cómplice (English: Fraudulently keeping the proceeds of a robbery, cheating an accomplice) |
| Royito: Ayuda memoria (English: Memory aid) |
| Royo: Dinero / Charla, discurso (English: Money / Talk, speech) |
| Rúa: Calle (English: Street) |
| Rufino / rufo: Rufián (English: Ruffian) |
| Rufino: Cornudo (English: Cuckold) |
| Rula: ruleta (English: roulette) |
| Runfla: Gavilla, pandilla (English: Gavilla, gang) |
| Runflero: Pandillero, gavillero (English: Gang member, gavillero) |
