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changa
🇦🇷 Spanish slang from Argentina
What does “changa” mean?
odd job, gig
Example
“Estoy haciendo changas hasta conseguir algo fijo.”
I'm doing odd jobs until I find something steady.
Good to know
Also used in Uruguay and Paraguay.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💼 Work💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: trabajo temporal
🧰 How other countries say “a side job, a gig”
- 🇵🇪 cachueloPeru
- 🇨🇱 pitutoChile · Also a contact who gets you in.
More from Argentina
- en negrooff the books (paid cash, no contract)
- laburojob, work
- guitamoney, cash
- mangopeso, buck
- truchofake, knock-off
- laburanteworker, someone who works hard for a living
- yugarlato slog, to work really hard
- rajarto fire someone; also to clear off
Songs from Argentina
- Lamento Boliviano · Enanitos VerdesLevel A2
- Color Esperanza · Diego TorresLevel A2
- De Música Ligera · Soda StereoLevel B1
- Adán y Eva · Paulo LondraLevel B1
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