Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Mar. 2015
A little character smart that stands out in the Rio de la Plata lunfardo
The term otario has a common use in the language current in countries such as Argentina and Uruguay, where it is used to refer to a person who has a very vague intelligence and that therefore turns out to be very easy to deceive in any aspect. Even in the lunfardo, which is a jargon Hyper popular in Argentina, the term otario is widely used to refer to people who have the aforementioned characteristics.
Also in tango, which is one of the most autochthonous cultural expressions of Argentina and where lunfardo also occupies a very special place in the letters, the word otario usually appears regularly in the different compositions of this style.
"For another reason, Juan's motorcycle was stolen at the door of his house."
Clearly, then, the otary is a person whom people in general consider easy to take advantage of or to fool. This is why normally these types of people tend to fall into the clutches of scammers, who They have tremendous acuity when it comes to detecting these types of personalities and then giving them their hits.
Ultimately the word otario is used in a negative and pejorative sense to whom it is applied.
A kind of mammal aquatic but adapted for land transit
And there is a second meaning for this word and that is the one that designates a special type of mammals, also called otarĂidos or otariidae, similar to seals. They are pinnipeds because they are fully adapted to life in the Water, its body is elongated, it has very short legs and its hands and feet are shaped like finned palms. Bears, wolves and sea lions are the most famous representatives of this family.
Although they are confused with seals, the main differences lie in the ears they have and in the ease they have of to walk on land surface. In this last aspect, the fact that the hind legs are facing forward counts positively. Anyway, the adaptation they present is fantastic for swimming.
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