[Tango-L] El Ciruja (Lunfardo), Engrupida (Lunfardo , Spanish)

[Duende de Tango]

engrupida/engrupido in Spanish means stuck-up, 
conceited, smooth-talking (Argentina, Chile)
engrupida/engrupido in Lunfardo means an important person; stuckup

the verb engrupir, in Spanish means to con; and
the verb engrupirse, in Spanish means to be conned; get conceited, put on airs;
the verb engrupir, in Lunfardo means to lie and cheat


La Ciruja, en Lunfardo means someone who is 
looking for something to eat from trash.
(Of course, cirujano in Spanish means surgeon!)


>Hi Ruddy,
>
>Many thanks for your post-- I found it very helpful. Thanks too for the
>encouragement; it always lights an extra match under my ass to see that
>someone else is actually interested in the devil-cote details of this
>stuff. (And again, I welcome critiques, comments, disagreements,
>questions, or whatever-- so don't refrain, and don't feel any need to
>hedge.)
>
>I've read a few notes about the use of lunfardo in "El ciruja" before,
>but your etymology was entirely new to me... I hadn't thought of the
>stick. "Bum" was just a placeholder in my note, until I found something
>more particular than Viviana's original suggestion (ciruja = "schlep"),
>or until I could check if my own ("ragpicker") was more to the point.
>Now that you've filled in some blanks for me, I'll finish up my research
>and re-post the lyric when it's ready.
>
>One further question though, if you don't mind... Viviana and I went
>over the lyric, word by word, after my recitation. She found one other
>item for me to double-check: the term "engrupida." In context, Vivi
>suggested the translation "She thought she was big shit [with the pimp
>she hung out with]." I haven't found any other support for the reading,
>however, although my instincts incline me to side with her. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Jake Spatz
>Washington, DC

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