ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn hɪz fˈæmɪli ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tə sˌæntɪˈɑːɡoʊ, bˌʌt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː, ˈæftɚ hɪz fˈɑːðɚz dˈɛθ, hɪz mˈʌðɚ ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tə bwˈeɪnɑːs ˈaɪɹɪz, wˌɛɹ hiː ɐtˈɛndᵻd skˈuːl ʌntˈɪl ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌv ᵻlˈɛvən.
In 1899 his family returned to Santiago, but in 1903, after his father's death, his mother returned to Buenos Aires, where he attended school until the age of eleven.