Thing / stuff / nonsense — the word that does everything.
The most flexible word in Chilean Spanish. Any object: *pásame esa weá*. Any situation: *qué weá pasó aquí*. Nonsense: *puras weás*. Chileans can hold a conversation where it is most of the nouns, which is a real joke about the dialect.
Contracted from *huevada*, from *huevo*. The same root gives *weón*.
Crude. Fine among friends, not at work or with elders — and it is a big part of why Chilean Spanish has its reputation.
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