Chilean phrases/slang

Some of these are awesome! They're taken from the book Gringo's Culture Guide to Chile.

¡Adónde la viste!

Literally: Where'd you see that?

Implied meaning: No way!, yeah right! (No te creo)

Al tiro

Literally: Upon throwing

Implied meaning: Immediately (ahora mismo)

Amermelada

Literally: marmalade

Implied meaning: a stupid person (una persona tonta)

¡Bakan!

Implied Meaning: Ultra cool (muy bueno)

¡Buena onda!

Literally: Good wave!

Implied meaning: Cool, great (un buen tipo de persona)

(no) cacha ni uno

Literally: He doesn't catch a single thing

Implied meaning: He doesn't understand a thing (no entender nada)

¿cachai?

Literally: catch?

Implied Meaning: Do you understand? (¿comprendes?)

capo

Implied meaning: good at something, smart, cool (un buen tipo de persona)

cara de palo

Literally: stick face

Implied meaning: boldly, frankly (ser franco)

¡Chao pescado!

Literally: bye fish

Implied meaning: See you later, alligator (Hasta luego)

chueco

Literally: crooked

Implied meaning: a person who doesn't follow the rules, liar (uno que no sigue reglas, mentiroso)

cuestión

Literally: question, matter

Implied meaning: thing, matter (cosa)

dejar la escoba

Literally: To leave the broom.

Implied meaning: to cause a mess or disaster (causar un disastre, dejar todo desorganizado)

echate al pollo

Liteally: throw it to the chicken

Implied meaning: get out of here!

encachado

Implied meaning: good looking, cool (ser bonito(a))

¡(no) estoy ni ahí!

Literally: I'm not even there.

Implied meaning: I don't care! (no le importa a uno)

fome

Implied meaning: dumb, boring, refers to something that you don't like (tonto, aburrido, algo que no te gusta)

gamba

Literally: a shrimp

Implied meaning: refers to the foot, or a 100 peso coin (el pie, o una moneda de 100 pesos)

guagua

Literally: baby, infant

Implied meaning: a baby (un bebé)

harto

enough

Implied meaning: many, a lot (mucho)

lolo(a)

Implied meaning: teenager, young person (un joven)

luca

Implied meaning: 1000 peso bill (un billete de mil pesos)

malulo(a)

Literally: 'mal' in Spanish means bad

Implied meaning: mischievious (malicioso)

medio(a)

Literally: middle, medium

Implied meaning: very big (bien grande)

monitos

Literally: little monkeys

Implied meaning: cartoons (dibujos animados)

pata de vaca (said "pate vaca")

Literally: foot of a cow

Implied meaning: to act badly or to have bad intentions

pato malo

Literally: bad duck

Implied meaning: bad boy, hoodlum (chico malo)

pega

Literally: hit

Implied meaning: work, job

pegar en la pera

Literally: hit the chin

Implied meaning: to mooch, to eat and socialize (conseguir comida gratis)

pesado(a)

Literally: heavy

Implied meaning: mean, rude, bothersome (rudo, molestoso)

pescar + "algo"

Literally: to fish + something

Implied meaning: to pay attention to, to notice (darse cuenta de algo, fijarse)

pintar el mono

Literally: paint monkey

Implied meaning: to goof off (dejar las responsibilidades y jugar todo el tiempo)

pololear

Implied meaning: to be dating, have a boyfriend or girlfriend (tener novio, pero no significa que se van a casar)

pucha

Implied meaning: disappointment when something didn't go your way

pulento

Implied meaning: cool, as in a person (ser un buen chico)

¡Que choro!

Implied meaning: entertaining, worthy of attention

sacar la mugre

Literally: To take off, or out, the filth

Implied meaning: to beat up (pelear y ganar)

(no) salvar a nadie

Literally: To not save anyone.

Implied meaning: to be worthless, useless (ser de ningún valor)

sapear

Literally: 'sapo' is spanish for toad

Implied meaning: to be nosy, eavesdrop (escuchar secretamente a otros)

se cree la muerte

Literally: you think you're death

Implied meaning: you think you are better than everyone else (se cree mejor que todos)

tener el diente largo

Literally: To have a long tooth

Implied meaning: To be very hungry, so hungry I could eat a horse... (tener mucho hambre)

tirar un chancho

Literally: to throw a pig

Implied meaning: to belch, to burp (eructar)

(hacer) tuto

Literally: to make 'tuto'

Implied meaning: to sleep, take a nap (tomar una siesta o dormir)

weón

Implied meaning #1: To be an idiot

Example: ¡Oye que eres weón!

Implied meaning #2: Something you'd call a friend