1380  definitions of milonga, milonguero, milonguera

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 03:36:45 -0300
From: Janis Kenyon <jantango@FEEDBACK.NET.AR>
Subject: definitions of milonga, milonguero, milonguera

2 June 2003, Sergio wrote:

According to the Lunfardo dictionary by Jose Gobello:

Milonga means: Payada, Place where the payada is held, Dance executed to the guitar music at the payada, Place where one can dance, Party where =
one can dance, great confusion, by extension tango.

Milonguero means: payador, person that goes frequently to dance .

Milonguera: woman hired to dance in dancing halls, by regression changed to milonga and also Milonguita: woman of bad life.

Jose Gobello is a highly respected historian and author, but I disagree with
his definitions. He probably has never had a conversation with a milonguero
or milonguera who could explain the meanings to him. One has to understand
what it means to be a milonguero and then knows what a milonga is.

Pichi de Buenos Aires
Married to the Milonga: Interviews with the Milongueros of Buenos Aires