Down with the lingo

Its about time I tell you some of the chilean lingo that iv learnt! Honestly after studying Spanish for 5years I didnt worry one bit about speaking spanish, as I always did when I went to spain on holiday so I thought yeah itll be a little difficult but ill get the hang of it.....3months later and yeah I have!!!

Slang.............the slang here its...pffft!!!! The parents dont even understand conversations between the young people sometimes so yeah....good luck gringa!!

1. CACHAI used at the end of every sentence, literally i think this means catch, but in chilean form its "do you get it?""understand?" a phrase that I heard often...."Ahhh la gringa no cacha nada" aka The gringa understands nothin!! thanks guys!!

2.ONDA this is used if your talking about a cool guy or good atmosphere...BUENO ONDA...ese chico es bueno onda, hes a cool guy!!

3. BAKAN, CHURO extensively used with young peolple meaning ultra cool

4. PONER EL GORRO - to put on a hat, this use this to mean to cheat on someone

5. FOME meaning boring, bad, dumb, silly, referring to something u dont like.

6. GUAGUA means baby

7. LUCA is like we would say a quid (1000 peso bill)

8. POLOLO/A boyfriend/girfriend, poliando (dating)

9. PUCHA/ CHUCHA is when something bad happens or doesnt go your way, I often here pucha que fome!!

10. YA QUE BUENO (my ultimate favourite)...translated as yeah, watever!

11. TIRAR UN CHANCO ...to throw a pig...aka to burp

12. WEÓN .....aka an idiot but also used for a friend

One thing i also noticed is that they call older people tio y tia, like unlce and aunt!!
When talking about a friend you dont just call them like...Sarah, its LA Sarah...ALWAYS!! eg: estoy con la Sarah

Chao Pescado = See u later aligator

they use ita with EVERYTHING, como estai gordita, amiguita etc...

that will do for now...watch this space