Chile
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Chile
All expressions
Binge-watching a series, watching episode after episode nonstop until sunrise. It's the perfect weekend plan and the reason you show up half-dead to work on Mondays.
The invisible system that decides what content you see on social media, which videos pop up, and which posts disappear. The algorithm is the modern god that controls your feed without you even noticing.
The common cold with coughing, runny nose, sore throat, and general misery that catches you when you least expect it. According to every Latino mom, you get a resfriado from going out with wet hair or walking barefoot.
To make a good impression or fulfill what's expected of you in social situations. It's about looking good in front of others, bringing a gift to a party, dressing well, or saying the right thing.
To go overboard, lose control, or completely exceed all reasonable limits. In Chile when someone goes al chancho they've blown past every acceptable boundary in the situation.
To throw something in the trash or discard what's no longer useful in Chile, Colombia, and the Caribbean. It's the everyday verb for getting rid of stuff you don't need anymore.
A large amount of something, a ton. In Chile, toco is the informal way to express any notable quantity, whether it is objects, people, tasks, or trouble piling up.
Someone went too far, overdid it, or crossed a line they shouldn't have. 'Se pasó' works for good and bad: from 'went overboard with generosity' to 'crossed the line', it all depends on context and tone.
A ticket to access an event, concert, movie, or show in Spain and other countries. It's what you need to buy and have in hand so they'll let you through the door without any issues.
To flirt with natural charisma, seduce with smooth talk, style, and irresistible charm. It's an anglicism from 'rizz' turned into a verb that describes the art of modern-day flirting.
Full permission to do whatever you want, no rules or restrictions apply. Chipe libre is the ultimate freedom, when you have it, no one can say anything, and you can act exactly as you please.
Butt, backside, or rear end. In Chile, poto is the completely standard, everyday word for buttocks, neither vulgar nor particularly polite, just the normal term used by everyone from kids to grandparents.
A wealthy, upper-class person in Chile, usually associated with certain Santiago neighborhoods and a privileged lifestyle. It can be pretty derogatory.
The process of generating a final image or video from a project in editing, 3D modeling, or design software. Rendering is when the computer does the heavy lifting and you wait, sometimes for hours.
When someone absolutely kills it, looks incredible, does something spectacular, or just destroys everything in their path. Slay is Gen Z's ultimate compliment: if someone tells you "slay," you nailed it.
Short for 'away from keyboard', the player left their computer and isn't playing. AFK teammates are the bane of every online game, leaving their team short-handed.
To place wards or vision sentinels at strategic points on the map to see enemy movements. Without wards you're playing blind and any gank will destroy you.
To aggressively charge at enemies without thinking much in a video game. It's the strategy of the brave or the desperate, going all in straight at the enemy.
Red in many Latin American countries. It also describes someone who's blushing, either from embarrassment, sunburn, or anger, depending on the situation.
When someone says something you totally agree with and it's objectively true beyond any debate. It's like saying 'you're absolutely right' but in Gen Z fashion, quick, direct, and final.
A thunderous, powerful shot on goal in football, the kind the goalkeeper doesn't even see and that makes the net shake. When a player unleashes a cañonazo, the entire stadium jumps to its feet screaming.
To pass the buck, to dodge responsibility by pushing it onto someone else. Like tossing a ball to the next person so you do not have to deal with it. Common in Argentina and Uruguay when talking about people who avoid taking ownership of a problem.
To come out of something looking terrible, to make a complete fool of yourself or perform catastrophically. In Chile this expression is blunt: you looked awful, below everyone. There's no easy comeback.
To be enrolled in and attending a course or degree program at university. When you're actively going to classes and putting in time and effort to get through your studies.
A parking lot or place to leave your car, taken straight from English with zero adaptation. The anglicism that Spain, Argentina, and Colombia adopted to refer to the spot where you park.
A flirt who goes from person to person without committing to anyone seriously, like a hummingbird going flower to flower. They're charming with everyone but loyal to no one.
The written variant of 'po,' Chile's signature filler word added to the end of sentences for emphasis. It makes everything sound unmistakably Chilean and adds that distinctive Chilean flavor.
A person dedicated to criticizing, hating, and trash-talking someone or something without any constructive purpose. Haters are fueled by envy and the need to bring others down.
An urban music genre with heavy beats, introspective lyrics, and autotune that came from the US and got completely Latinized. It's the sound defining the current generation of Latin urban artists.
In football, a long and powerful pass or shot that travels through the air from one area to another. The 'pelotazo' is the strategy of the team that lacks technique but has strength.