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re-		language
?Re-? is an intensifying affix, in other words, you stick it in front of words to emphasize or exagerate them. It?s a fairly new speech form and you will generally hear it from Argentines up to about thirty or forty years old. Unlike ?muy?, its standard Spanish equivalent, ?re-? can modify just about anything...
adjectives	Estoy re-cansado.	I?m super tired.
nouns	Es un re-negocio.	It?s a helluva business.
verbs	Me re-copé con este libro.	I really dig this book.
The pronunciation of ?re-? is a trilled ?r?, and the word it modifies does not change its pronunciation. For example, in ?re-rico? both ?r?s? are trilled. To exagerate the emphasis you can extend the trill, or you have the option of employing one of two variations that add extra emphasis...
re-que-te	Me re-que-te fui.	I got the hell out of there.
re-contra	Me quedé re-contra frito.	I crashed heavily.
Last updated 11/14/2005