Financial instruments (Details 1) - ARS ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial assets at amortized cost	$ 39,118	$ 12,396
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	99,011	33,622
Total	138,129	46,018
Financial liabilities at amortized cost	465,831	682,793
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	59,988
Financial liabilities at amortized cost	(454,190)	(322,071)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	(32,284)
Financial liabilities	(486,474)	(322,071)
Interest Expenses [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost	(318,836)	(272,858)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities	(318,836)	(272,858)
Exchange differences [member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost	(120,027)	(32,412)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities	(120,027)	(32,412)
Changes In Fair Value Of Financial Liabilities [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss	(32,284)
Financial liabilities	(32,284)
Other Financial Results [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost	(15,327)	(14,271)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities	(15,327)	(14,271)
Loss On Debt Restructuring [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost		(1,398)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities		(1,398)
Net Loss From The Repurchase Of Corporate Notes [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial liabilities at amortized cost		(1,132)
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities		(1,132)
Interest incomes [member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial assets at amortized cost	367	203
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Total	367	203
Exchange differences [member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial assets at amortized cost	38,751	12,193
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	32,949	24,823
Total	71,700	37,016
Changes in fair value of financial assets [member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
Financial assets at amortized cost
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	66,062	8,799
Total	$ 66,062	$ 8,799

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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The amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value and for which gains (losses) are recognised in profit or loss. A financial asset shall be measured at fair value through profit or loss unless it is measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income. A gain (loss) on a financial asset measured at fair value shall be recognised in profit or loss unless it is part of a hedging relationship, it is an investment in an equity instrument for which the entity has elected to present gains and losses in other comprehensive income or it is a financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets]

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The amount of liabilities that are: (a) a contractual obligation: (i) to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the entity; or (b) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to deliver a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose, rights, options or warrants to acquire a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments for a fixed amount of any currency are equity instruments if the entity offers the rights, options or warrants pro rata to all of its existing owners of the same class of its own non-derivative equity instruments. Also, for those purposes the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments that are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. As an exception, an instrument that meets the definition of a financial liability is classified as an equity instrument if it has all the features and meets the conditions in paragraphs 16A-16B or paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial assets; Derivatives [member]]

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The amount of financial liabilities that meet either of the following conditions: (a) they meet the definition of held for trading; or (b) upon initial recognition they are designated by the entity as at fair value through profit or loss. An entity may use this designation only when permitted by paragraph 4.3.5 of IFRS 9 (embedded derivatives) or when doing so results in more relevant information, because either: (a) it eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency (sometimes referred to as ‘an accounting mismatch’) that would otherwise arise from measuring assets or liabilities or recognising the gains and losses on them on different bases; or (b) a group of financial liabilities or financial assets and financial liabilities is managed and its performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy, and information about the group is provided internally on that basis to the entity’s key management personnel (as defined in IAS 24). [Refer: At fair value [member]; Key management personnel of entity or parent [member]; Derivatives [member]; Financial assets; Financial liabilities]

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