La Pasión Argentina - Soccer in Argentina
This phrase lovingly refers to the passion that Argentines have fútbol. Yes, the kind you play with your feet, as the name indicates. The sport can be seen on all the sports channels and local channels here, virtually year-round. Las Hinchas (literally, “the swellers” or “the swollen ones” but really the maniac fans) flock to the stadiums of Buenos Aires and greater Argentina to cheer on their teams, throw confetti and toilet paper, set off fire crackers and smoke bombs, beat drums, waive flags and sing, sing, sing for hours on end. “Dale, dale, dale (insert name of team here)”, is probably the most common cheer here for any team. And remember to pronounce that word “Dah-lay” which can mean anything from “ok” to “I agree” to “Come on!” to “Let’s go!” depending on inflection and context.
