Prompt: Buenos Aires residents use this word for the city bus.
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Buenos Aires · RECALLBuenos Aires residents use this word for the city bus.Think it. Then flip it.
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Buenos Aires
River-port history, tango, neighborhood identities and Argentine food
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- 01Local names and everyday life5 cards · ~1 min
- 02Land and water3 cards · ~1 min
- 03History and neighborhoods3 cards · ~1 min
- 04Arts and landmarks3 cards · ~1 min
- 05Food and everyday life3 cards · ~1 min
- 06Movement and civic life3 cards · ~1 min
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Prompt: This Argentine transit-payment card is widely used in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires · RECALLThis Argentine transit-payment card is widely used in Buenos Aires.Think it. Then flip it.
Prompt: Buenos Aires cafés serve this crescent-shaped pastry with coffee.
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Buenos Aires · RECALLBuenos Aires cafés serve this crescent-shaped pastry with coffee.Think it. Then flip it.
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01Buenos Aires residents use this word for the city bus.RECALL
02This Argentine transit-payment card is widely used in Buenos Aires.RECALL
03Buenos Aires cafés serve this crescent-shaped pastry with coffee.RECALL
04This slang vocabulary associated with Buenos Aires appears frequently in tango lyrics.RECALL
05The Buenos Aires variety of Spanish, shared around the River Plate, is known by this name.RECALL
Rioplatense SpanishVos is commonly used for informal second-person address.
Share this card ↗Source: Rioplatense Spanish ↗06Buenos Aires faces this broad estuary shared with Uruguay.RECALL
Río de la PlataThe Paraná and Uruguay rivers feed the estuary.
Share this card ↗Source: Río de la Plata ↗07This wetland reserve developed on reclaimed land beside Puerto Madero.RECALL
Buenos Aires Ecological ReserveIts paths sit near the central city.
Share this card ↗Source: Buenos Aires Ecological Reserve ↗08The Bosques and rose garden are major green spaces in this large Buenos Aires neighborhood.RECALL
PalermoThe neighborhood includes several informally named subdistricts.
Share this card ↗Source: Palermo, Buenos Aires ↗09Caminito's painted buildings and a famous football club are associated with this Buenos Aires port neighborhood.RECALL
La BocaThe neighborhood has strong Italian immigrant associations.
Share this card ↗Source: La Boca ↗10Antique shops and the Plaza Dorrego fair characterize this old Buenos Aires district.RECALL
San TelmoThe neighborhood preserves cobbled streets.
Share this card ↗Source: San Telmo, Buenos Aires ↗11The Casa Rosada faces this Buenos Aires square associated with demonstrations and the Mothers' movement.RECALL
Plaza de MayoThe square takes its name from the May Revolution.
Share this card ↗Source: Plaza de Mayo ↗12This Buenos Aires opera house opened in its present building in 1908.RECALL
13This Buenos Aires monument rises at Avenida 9 de Julio and Avenida Corrientes.RECALL
14Eva Perón's tomb is found in this Buenos Aires cemetery of elaborate mausoleums.RECALL
Recoleta CemeteryThe cemetery is laid out with lanes between tombs.
Share this card ↗Source: La Recoleta Cemetery ↗15In Buenos Aires, this yerba-based infusion is traditionally sipped through a bombilla.RECALL
16This Argentine social meal centers on meat cooked over a grill or fire.RECALL
17Buenos Aires tango dancers use this word for a social dance gathering as well as a related musical form.RECALL
MilongaDancing is commonly organized into sets called tandas.
Share this card ↗Source: Milonga (dance event) ↗18This shortened Spanish name is used for Buenos Aires's underground railway.RECALL
19This demonym for Buenos Aires residents refers to the city's role as a port.RECALL
20Boca Juniors play at this Buenos Aires stadium nicknamed for a chocolate box.RECALL
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