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What does "re" mean?

Very, super, really — the Argentine intensifier.

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🇦🇷 Argentina
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reh
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

Stick "re" in front of almost any adjective and you have amplified it: re bueno, re caro, re cansado. Young Argentines use it constantly and can stack it ("re contra bueno"). It is the single fastest way to sound Argentine rather than neutral.

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