Lingo Kaiava Slang 🇨🇱 Chilean Spanish Slang 18 words people in Chile actually
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cachai You know? / get it? — Chile's conversational tag. po A meaningless emphasis particle stuck on the end of sentences. weón Dude / idiot — Chile's most flexible and most dangerous word. Crude — know it before you say it bacán Cool, awesome, great. fome Boring, lame, dull. carrete A party, a night out. pololo Boyfriend. "Polola" is girlfriend. altiro Right away, immediately. la raja Awesome — Chile’s strongest praise. Crude — know it before you say it cuático Intense, over the top, a bit much. taco A traffic jam — not food. guagua A baby. pega Work / a job. copete Booze — alcohol in general. flaite Trashy, low-class — a loaded class insult. Loaded — use with care pucha Aw, damn — the polite version of a swear. hueá / weá Thing / stuff / nonsense — the word that does everything. Crude — know it before you say it seco / seca Excellent at something — seriously skilled. Learning the words is the easy half Knowing what cachai means won't help when someone says it to you at speed. Lingo
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