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# argentine

«argentine» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or to do with Argentina, a country in South America** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Argentine; also Argentinian, Argentinean); noun (an Argentine, Argentines — a person)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Argentine means from or to do with Argentina, a country in South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#m1)

2) An Argentine is a person from Argentina. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#m2)

3) (rare) argentine with a small «a» means silvery, like silver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#m3)

4) (an argentine) An argentine is also a small silvery sea fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in geography (the Argentine pampas, Buenos Aires), sport (Argentine footballers like Lionel Messi, the World Cup) and food (Argentine beef).

### examples

- Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x1)
- The Argentine flag is light blue and white with a sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x2)
- Argentine cowboys are called gauchos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x3)
- Many Argentines speak Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x4)
- We tasted Argentine empanadas at the food fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x5)
- The tango comes from Argentine dance halls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/#x6)

### note

For the nationality, write a capital A. Pronounced AR-jen-tine or AR-jen-teen. «Argentinian» is also common and correct. The country was once called «the Argentine» in old British English, but today it is «Argentina». From Latin «argentum», silver.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «argentine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argentine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.