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The Spanish spoken in Chile is standard for the most part, but there are some words which are different from what you learn in Spanish 101. The difference between the Spanish spoken and Spain and the Spanish spoken in Chile, is similar to the difference between British English and American English.
asopado adj. stupid, amermelado
bajonear v. to depress
barsa adj. to take advantage
of, barsudo, patudo
bencina n. gasoline
bolsear v. to mooch, parasitically take advantage
bombilla n. drinking straw
cabro n. kid, little boy
cachetón(a) n. arrogant
person, someone who shows off, adj.
creido(a)
cachilupi adv. groovy, neat, choriflai
cachiporrear(se) v. to boast, to
brag about oneself
cachureo n. knick-knack, cachivache
cahuín n. gossip, conversational entanglement
cahuinero(a) n. someone who gossips
caleta adj. a lot, harto
(often used ironically to mean "a little" or
"nothing") n. small port or bay
camanchaca n. thick low-lying fog
capo(a) adj. smart, sharp, on the ball
carabinero n. Chilean policeman
cargar v. to annoy, to
bother ¡Me carga ese compadre!
cartucho n. paper cone used
to put french fries or candy in, cambucho, n. one who is
immoral yet pretends to be moral
chacotero(a) n. jokester, comedian
chacra n. small farm, orchard, field
chalas n. flip flops, thongs
chamullero(a) n. a shyster, con
man
chamullo n. a big lie, spin, embezzlement, fraud,
gossip
chamuyento(a) adj. the state
of being a charlatan, embellisher, someone who
exaggerates or tells tall tales, grupiento
chascón(a) n. someone with messy hair
chichón n. lump, bump, cototo
chirimollo n. bad check
chorear v. to annoy, fregar,
v. to steal
chorero n. thief
choriflai adv. cool, groovy
chori adj. cool
choro adj. cool, neat, adj. aggressive,
bullying
chorrera adv. thief
chueco(a) adj. crooked, wayward, bad, to not keep
commitments
chula adj. having no class, gross, disgusting
chupaflor n. hummingbird, colibrí
chupamedia n. brown-noser, teacher's pet
colectivo n. collective taxi, taxi that follows a
specific route
cooperar v. to do something
bad to someone, v. to
co-operate
combarbalita n. whitish marble-like stone peculiar to
the area near the town of Combarbala
confort n. toilet paper, a name brand of bathroom
tissue
combo n. punch, blow with the fist
copihue n. Chile's national flower, a fleshy, red,
trumpet-shaped lily
copucha n. gossip, chisme
copuchento(a) n. someone with a
big mouth, gossiper, eavesdropper, someone who meddles
cornudo n. man who has a cheating wife
costanera n. costal road
cototo adj. cool, rad, n. bump, lump,
bruise
creido(a) adj. stuck-up,
arrogant, sobrado
cueca n. Chilean national dance
cuñado n. dude, n. brother-in-law
encachado(a) adj. sharp dressed, spiffy, cool
engrupir v. to boast, to embellish, to say that
you're something you're not
feria persa n. flea market
flaco(a) n. dude, adj. skinny
fleto n. homosexual
(pejorative), mariposa, cola, hueco
fome adj. bummer, boring, bad
fregado(a) adj. annoying
fregar v. to annoy, to bother, v. to scrub
Gabriela n. 5,000 peso bill
gallo n. dude, guy, man, n. rooster
gamba n. 100 peso coin
ganso(a) adj. stupid, n. goose
garabato n. swear word, grosería,
disparate
garsón(a) n. waiter,
waitress, mozo (de restaurante), instead of camarero
grosso adj. cool
grupiento adj. chamuyento
guachito(a) n. orphaned child (figurative term of
endearment)
guacho(a) adj. without a
mate, un calcetín guacho
guagua n. baby
guata n. stomach, belly
guatón(a) n. someone with a big belly, fat person
habiloso(a) adj. skillful, bright, intelligent
harto(a) adj. lots, tons, mucho(a)
hocicón(a) n. loudmouth, bocón(a)
huaso n. Chilean cowboy
jalisco(a) adj. obstinate,
stubborn, porfiado(a)
jetón(a) n. jerk
joder v. to mess up, to screw up, to bother
(vulgar in other countries)
lanza n. runner thief
lapicera n. pencil
lápiz n. pen, instead of pencil (pluma-fountain pen)
liebre n. small bus (smaller
than a micro), n. hare
loco(a) n. dude, adj. crazy
lolo(a) n. teenager
luca n. 1,000 peso bill
llapa n. something extra, something left over
macanudo adj. cool, excellent
malulo(a) adj. conniving, adj. having
cowlicks
matapiojo n. dragonfly, libélula
mateo n. someone very
intelligent or studious, n.
nerd
medio(a) adj. big, large, adj. half
mermelado(a) adj. stupid, amermelado
micro (la) n. bus
milico n. military person (pejorative)
mina n. chick, babe, girl
monito n. cartoon character, stuffed toy,
sticker, icon
ojotas n. sandals
paco n. carabinero (pejorative)
pajarón(a) n. fool, dummy
paleta adj. nice, generous
paleteado n. good buddy, socio
pastel n. exceptionaly easy, indecent; cake
patos malos n. juvenile delinquents, hoodlums, punks
patudo(a) adj. the state of
meddling, getting into something that doesn't pertain to
you, metido
payador n. traveling folk singer who accompanies
himself on the guitar
pelado(a) adj. bald, n. dude
pelador(a) n. gossiper, back
stabber, pelambre
pelar v. to slander, to talk
bad about someone, v. to
steal, to mug v. to peel
pelotera n. mix-up, screw-up, mess, problem
peluso(a) n. poor, homeless street child with a
tendency to thief
pelusón(a) n. disorganized person
pencazo n. big hit
pesado(a) adj. mean,
bothersome, rude, adj. heavy
picarón n. rogue,
scoundrel, n. someone with a
dirty mind
pillar v. to catch someone in the act, to find
someone out
pinchar v. to make out with,
to neck, v. to pinch, to
prick, to puncture
pinche n. someone you make
out with, one night stand, n. hair clip (caution: this word is a very
vulgar adjective in other countries)
pirquinero n. independent miner
pituco(a) adj. spiffy, encachado,
n. dashing young man or woman, young
member of the fashionable set
pituto(a) n. friend in a high place, rich person
pololear v. to go out with, to date, to go steady
with
polera n. t-shirt
pololo(a) n. boyfriend,
girlfriend (novio-fiance, bridegroom, novia-fiance, bride)
porte n. size, tamaño
poto n. butt, trasero
pucho n. cigarette
punga adj. low class,
vulgar, rasca, ordinario
pulento(a) adj. one who uses flash or embellishment
to impress
queque n. cake without
frosting, sweet quick bread, n. butt, poto
ramada n. outdoor ballroom
with a thatched eucalyptus leaf roof, fonda
rasca adj. low class,
ordinario, punga
re adj. very, muy
requete adj. very, requete-contra
regalón(a) n. most favored child, spoiled child
regalonear v. to spoil, to
favor (regalar-to give gifts)
regio(a) adj. great, stupendous, excellent
reja n. fence, cerca
requete adj. very, re
roto(a) adj. low-life,
ordinario, rasca
safado(a) adj. crazy, n. jokester
sobrado(a) adj. arrogant, creido(a)
sapear v. to eavesdrop, to keep an eye on someone
sapo(a) n. tattle-tale, n. toad
sota n. 10 peso coin
tajamar n. embankment
tallero(a) n. jokester, comedian
taquillero(a) n. cool dude,
rocker
taquilla adj. cool, rad,
neat, fun, n. box office
tarado(a) adj. stupid, screwed up, dumb
terno n. suit
vacán adj. rad, awesome
venado n. someone who deceives their wife
vivo(a) n. smart opportunist
volantín n. kite, cometa
(la), barrilete
yunta n. buddy, best friend
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