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What does "fiaca" mean?

The specific laziness of not wanting to move.

Country
🇦🇷 Argentina
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fee-AH-kah
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

A noun you *have*: *tengo fiaca* means I can’t be bothered — not tired exactly, just unwilling. *Hacer fiaca* is deliberately lounging around doing nothing, which Argentines treat as a legitimate plan.

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Where it comes from

Lunfardo, from Italian *fiacca*, weariness.

Before you say it

Harmless and affectionate about yourself. Said about someone else it is a mild dig.

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