POTATO or POTATO. In South America we call it potato, but in Spain they call it potato.
Every country around the world has an alternative way of saying father in a much more informal way outside of the official dictionary. Let’s see how they say father in each and every country.
Pai is a word from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
In the middle of some administrative procedures…
The used one looks at me sideways. The blue plaid shirt, no matter how well ironed, doesn’t match the burgundy sweater. On much closer inspection, the guy still has a touch of scruff: greasy, dandruffy hair and the hunched shoulders of an older man, even though he’s not 40. From the sweater to the rug on the floor, everything seems a bit outdated. , in the office of this Popular Work. It smells musty, inside, like dirty folders hidden in metal cabinets. He shakes his head all around, reading every page I present to him. No, this file is useless. The CUIT of the company where I work does not appear. He dare not look at me while uttering these expressions. I think it bothers you. Maybe because I’m a foreigner. Or maybe I’m doing this for the first time and you have to clarify certain things for me.
I arrived in Argentina months ago, now I know the secrets of the National Directorate of Migrations, and recently I became familiar with the term DNI. (The DNI, at this moment I understand it, is a number that must be known by heart yes or yes, instead of looking for it agitatedly in the wallet). But I have not yet delved into the ins and outs of the entire world of work and popular security. I don’t understand the inconvenience of CUY -then I see him relax a bit, for the first time, I make him smile at the moment he mispronounces the word- or whatever that damn identification number is called.
with huge potential
“The potato is a food that occupies the third place on the planet in consumption. Everyone claims that it has the potential to kill your appetite. Our concern is to be able to supply foreign markets, which are neighbors. Likewise, maintaining an essential presence in the market in nature throughout the year so that the value is achievable, but is correct to our economic value-sale price equation”, points out Mario Raiteri, vice president of the National Federation of Potato Producers (Fenapp) .
As always and at all times, because it is such a common vegetable on the Argentine table, «the biggest concern we had was when exports were blocked, the industry turned to the domestic market, and we counted high expenses because they are dollars Americans against a price in pesos purchased by the Argentine client.”