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baja: low / low lying

bajeles: vessels

barbas: beard

barberías: barberīs

barcos: ships

barlovento: windward

basílicas: basilica

belleza: beauty

bello: beautiful

blanco: white

boca: mouth

Boca: La Boca: the mouth (of Riachuelo river) and the neighborhood near it. It is the site of one of the two archrrivals in Argentine foot ball (soccer), Boca Juniors, the other archrival, River Plate, also was founded in La Boca but afterwards it moved. The neighborhood has strong personality, it used to be the traditional place for trattorias. Benito Quinquela Martín is the painter of La Boca

bola: ball

bonanza: fair weather

borrado: erased

brillante: bright

brillo: shine

brocatel: brocade

Brown: Admiral Brown, avenue in La Boca

BUEN AIRE: Good Air. By the time of its foundation it was spelled Buen Ayre

burlesca: burlesque

buscábamos: we looked for