Pronunciation
A flexible attention word similar to hey, mate, or listen.
Meaning and local context
Che, ¿venís al café? This expression belongs to informal local conversation and may carry different force depending on age, relationship, neighbourhood, and tone.
Example in conversation
Hey, are you coming to the café?
Common in Argentine Spanish; tone determines warmth or impatience.
Common misunderstanding
Literal translation alone may miss the social meaning. Listen to the surrounding sentence and the speaker’s tone before copying it.
Use with care
How to remember it
Connect the expression with the example above, then compare it with the neutral wording rather than treating it as a universal synonym.
Explore more Buenos Aires expressions or return to the global dictionary.
Where you may hear it
You are most likely to encounter this expression in relaxed conversation, social media, local entertainment, neighbourhood talk, or messages between people who already share the regional context. Its meaning can shift with tone, age, familiarity, and the situation, so hearing several natural examples is more reliable than copying a single translation.
A clearer neutral alternative
When speaking with someone unfamiliar with the expression, use the plain-language interpretation shown above. That keeps the intended meaning clear without pretending the local term works identically in every country, generation, or social group.