Chilean Slang

Here are some slang Chilean terms that will help you better communicate if you ever happen to travel to Chile. No, Hola!, Donde es el bano?, gracias! and callate la boca will not be sufficient enough in getting you through your trip to Chile and do not make you fluent in Spanish. However, if you don't ever plan on traveling to Chile they are still funny to read. Enjoy!

•Al tiro: Right away / immediately
•A Pata: On foot, i.e. when you walk somewhere.
•Achuntarle: To "be right on target," to " nail it"
•Adonde la viste: No way! I don't believe you! You're full of shit!
•Al Seco: "Chug it!" Used to encourage binge drinking.
•Andar Pato: To have no money, to be "broke"
•Huevón - means: Friend, pal, dude, dumb, fool, idiot... When you know all the meanings and all the aplications of this word, you learned very good the Chilean Spanish, because this is a very tipical Chilean word
•Estar en Pelota: To be naked.
•Arriba de la Pelota: To "be on the ball." To "be tipsy" from alcohol. To be having a good time.
•Aweonado: Dumbass
•Bacan (BKN): "Cool", awesome, neato, etc.
•Buena Honda: "good shit," or "good stuff." Describes general awesomeness. Also used to describe cool people.
•Caña: A hangover.
•Caleta: Many or lots of something
•Que Weá: If a Chilean sounds angry and says this phrase, it translates exactly like "what the fuck?" If used as a question, it means "what?" or "pardon?" in a very informal fashion
•Que Onda: What's up? Sup?
•Que lata: "What a shame," "what a bitch
•Vale: OK
•Si phó: of Course
•Talla: Joke
•Luka: $1000 pesos ( around to 2 dollars)
•Gamba:$100 Pesos (1/5 dollar)
•Gabriela/Quina: $5.000 Pesos (around to 10 dollar)
•La Dura: "Really??", "No way!" When in utter disbelief, respond with this phrase
•La Cagó: Two meanings for this word: "Damn!", "sweet!", "shit!".. Used to describe something cool when said brightly. Or the exact opposite: "Oh shit", "oh fuck", "oh no".. Used to denote something awful.
•Carrete: A party. The word with the most usage in all of Chile
•Carreteado: To be "spent", not in the mood to party anymore.
•Chela: Beer
•Cuatico: Used to describe anything exaggerated or aggrandized. It's good to use when bullshitting with friends
•Cuico/a: A stuck-up person, a snob.
•Estar Chato: To be full almost to the point of sickness (of food), to be "stuffed." To be sick or bored of something. To be very tired.
•Estar en otra: To drift off, to "be out of it"
•Estar hecho mierda: To be fucked up. Be it from drugs, alcohol, or that crazy twirling ride at fantasilandia
•Flaco/a: "Dude" or "man." A term to refer to your friend, or anybody really
•Guagua: A baby. Pronounced as "wah-wah", this word comes from the Incan language, Quechua
•Barza: Stupid person
•Puta la Weá!!: This simply translates to "fuck!"
•Mina/o: "Hottie", you would say this about person that is visually pleasing
•Copete: Drinks, liquor, booze, grandpa's cough medicine, firewater
•Plata:..Money
•Weveo/Hueveo: Silly behavior, playtime, shenanigans. What you get when you huevear. Could also mean some bullshit red tape you have to deal with.

Party Time! More Chilean customs/culture

The most important festival in the Norte Grande region takes place in the small town of La Tirana. Each year, from the 12th through the 18th of July, some 40.000 believers arrive to celebrate the Virgin of Carmel, Chile's patron saint. Activities include songs and dances that seem to go on 24 hours a day for the whole week of ceremonies.

The annual Festival Internacional de la Canción (International Song Festival), in Viña del Mar is an extremely popular event. In February, the liveliest musicians from every Latino country flock to the beautiful outdoor amphitheater, Quinta Vergara, and surrounding public park for a week of song, dance, and limitless fiesta.

I found this information on a website called, CHIP: The Chile Information Project. This website also provides more information about other Chilean customs and culture.

Chile Fast Fact

I felt that due to my recent immigrant interview posted on this blog I would add a fact about Chile that related to my interviewee, Rodrigo Rojas, and his love for soccer.

FACT: SOCCER IS CHILE'S NATIONAL SPORT. Two of the most infamous Chilean soccer players were Ivan Zamorano and Marcelo Salas. Both men were strikers and played on Chile's National team.

Immigrant Interview with Rodrigo Rojas

Hope you all enjoy watching this interview as much as I enjoyed conducting the interview.

YouTube Video: Immigrant Interview with Chile native, Rodrigo Rojas

Let me know what you think.

Chile Immigrant Interview

Just to update all you Chile fans, later today I will be adding an interview with a Chile immigrant that uploaded to YouTube. The interview is with Rodrigo Rojas, Rodrigo was my former club soccer coach for five years and is also a Chile native. The interview was very interesting, fun and informative even to me and I have known him for five years so it should be very interesting for all of you to watch and learn a little more about Chile. The picture I added is of the Chile native, Rodrigo. I also added a picture from when Rodrigo was my coach for the club team I played on, Clay County United. The picture was taken and published in local newspapers in Orange Park, Florida before our team went to compete at Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DONATE TO CHILE RELIEF

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Earthquake hits Chile

I'm sure you all have heard about the earthquake that rocked Chile on the 27th of February. It was measured as an 8.8. Something interesting that you may not have read about or heard about is that on Monday a NASA scientist said, "the massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet." If that isn't crazy I don't know what is. As if people already aren't feeling cheated out of life because of the 2012 predictions.

The quake was the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and is said to have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

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