Important things to note in Chilean Spanish is that the “tu” in Chile is conjugated like in Italian. So “estay (estas)- you are, or tenay (tienes)- you have will be heard rather than the normal in brackets. Also the Chileans like Andalucia in Spain, most Argentinians, Puerto Ricans, drop the ‘s’ from their words but also in Chile ‘d’s” can also dissapear so ‘Chao Pescado” will become “Chao Pecao”
Quintessential Chilean
Po:- Chileans are renowned for their use of the Word “Po”. It’s really just a filler word. While having a mean “then” at the end of nearly every sentence it is not necessary. But you’ll hear it all the time
Guevon: – You’ll also hear the men especially use this one a lot. Literally it is “bigballs”, but it usually means idiot. It is both offensive and friendly, much as you would say to a friend “hey buggalugs”
¿Cachai?: “Do you understand me?
Chi Chi Chi Le Le Le Viva Chi Le PO
Greeting and Salutations
¡Chao pesca(d)o!
Bye fish ( a rhyme like “see you later alligator”)
Hola compadre!
Hey buddy
Hola mijito/a
Hi my dear
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Chatting Up
Duerme la chiquilla cuevúa
Go to sleep you lucky girl
Ella tiene buen cuero.
She looks great.
¡Ella es la media mina!
She’s a hot chick!
Ella tiene el poto grande
She´s got a big butt
Queray ser mi polola?
Do you want to be my girlfriend?
Que Mina
What a babe!
Que mino!
What a hunk!
Si la corré la mano anoche
Yeah. I felt her up last night
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In The Bar
Ando abrazando postes
I am very drunk
Ando con la caña/hacha.
I’m hung over
La pasemos la raja!
We had a blast!
Te invito a un Copete
I’ll shout you a drink
Vamos de carrete eta noche.
We’re going to party tonight.
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Explaining Yourself
¡Anda a bañarte!
Go away!
¡Andate a la chucha!
Go to hell!
¡Córtala!
Cut it out!
¡Escoba!
Look who is talking!
Eres un niño muy malulo. A la cama, al tiro
You are a very naughty boy. Go to bed right now!
Estoy cagada de calor.
I’m [very] hot
Estoy jodido. I’m in trouble
Es una mina muy Ataosa
She’s a very complicated girl.
No estay ni ahí
You don’t even give a damn
No me tocas la Raja
Don’t touch my butt
¡No seai ganso!
Don’t act the goose!
¡Que papaya!
What a piece of cake!
Ya poh (mierda)!
Hurry up!
¡La raja! Great!
¡Qué penca!
What a pity!
Se cree la muerte
He thinks he’s the best
KetchuPaltaMayo ?
KetchupAvocadoMayo? Ketchup, Avocado, Mayonnaise? A question for what condiments you might want on your hamburger but said so as to sound like one word. It can even confuse a native Spanish speaker not from Chile
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