I went to high school with two Chilean kids and one year I spent Christmas Eve with their families. I ended up learning some Chilean Spanish expressions. Here are some interesting ones:<\/p>\n
\u00bfCachai?<\/strong> \u2013 Do you understand? Get it? If you have advanced Spanish read this article about Chilean Spanish on La P\u00e1gina del Idioma Espa\u00f1ol (http:\/\/www.elcastellano.org\/espachil.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I went to high school with two Chilean kids and one year I spent Christmas Eve with their families. I ended up learning some Chilean Spanish expressions. Here are some interesting ones: \u00bfCachai? \u2013 Do you understand? Get it? Agarrar p’al hueveo\/leseo\/chuleteo \u2013 make fun of someone Al tiro \u2013 right away, immediately A\u00f1o de…<\/p>\n
\nAgarrar p’al hueveo\/leseo\/chuleteo<\/strong> \u2013 make fun of someone
\nAl tiro<\/strong> \u2013 right away, immediately
\nA\u00f1o de la pera<\/strong> \u2013 many, many years ago
\nCabra\/o<\/strong> \u2013 girl; boy
\nCabra\/o chica\/o<\/strong> \u2013 young girl\/boy
\nChupar <\/strong>\u2013 to drink (alcoholic beverages) a lot
\nColarse <\/strong>\u2013 to crash a party
\nCopucha <\/strong>\u2013 gossip
\nCuico\/a<\/strong> \u2013 snobbish high-class person
\nGuagua <\/strong>\u2013 baby
\nGuata <\/strong>\u2013 belly
\nHuev\u00f3n <\/strong>\u2013 jerk, idiot
\nLlorar a moco tendido<\/strong> \u2013 to cry one’s eyes out
\nLolo <\/strong>\u2013 young man
\nMijito <\/strong>\u2013 Chilean way of addressing someone (it comes from Mi hijito<\/em>, “my little son”.)
\nPajar\u00f3n <\/strong>\u2013 absent-minded
\nPisco <\/strong>\u2013 a kind of aguardiente
\nPololo\/a<\/strong> \u2013 boyfriend\/girlfriend
\n\u00a1Por la cresta!<\/strong> \u2013 Holy cow!
\nPoto <\/strong>\u2013 buttocks<\/p>\n