[2] El traje nivelador. Referring to the fact that because of close uniformity in the style of clothing, it is impossible to distinguish from appearance alone the social status of each of a group or body of men.
[3] sólo con ser mencionado, the mere mention of whom.
[4] pasea... sus miradas, glances on all sides.
[5] bigote rizado a tijera, mustache curled with curling irons.
[6] están escritas con sangre, are written in blood.
[7] se abrió paso como pudo, made his way as well as he could.
[8] «rueda.» In the Stock Exchange of Buenos Aires, there is an inner circle, within which only members are admitted and which is divided from the rest of the floor by a circular balustrade.
[9] algarabía de mil demonios, the wild gabble of a thousand demons.
[10] como unos locos, like madmen.
[11] darse de bofetadas, were coming to fisticuffs.