But, beyond the forecasts and what can be seen with the naked eye from football, many fans of the Albiceleste prefer to avoid this type of analysis and conclusions since, they consider, they can give “bad luck” to the national team. . Therefore, to counteract this, they invented the term ‘anulo mufa’, which later went viral on social networks and is replicated by millions of Argentine fans around the world.
What does ‘anulo mufa’ mean?
To understand this term, you must first know that, in Argentina, The word ‘mufa’ has, in addition to its global meaning (mould, anger or bad mood), a particular meaning that comes from lunfardo. What is lunfardo? A product that arises from the languages of the immigration currents of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and that is born in the overcrowding of tenements due to the need of people to be able to communicate.
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The word ‘mufa’ has, in addition to its global meaning (mold, anger or bad mood), a particular meaning that comes from lunfardo.
in the lunfardo The word ‘mufa’ is related to superstition and it is used – especially – when you want to give bad luck to someone or something or when you believe that someone wants to give bad luck to another person. In that case, the verb “mufar”.
In that sense, It is considered that predicting someone or, in this case, a team as a “winner” can generate the opposite effect and end up giving you bad luck.. And that is why some fans invented this term ‘anulo mufa’ to counteract what, they believe, can be detrimental to the Selection of Messi and Scaloni.
So much so that they even created a picture of Messi in which Leo is seen as ‘Saint Lionel’ which establishes that he “deactivates all types of mufa against the Argentine National Team.” Believe or burst.