Chile
All expressions
Chile
All expressions
An expression of pain so intense it goes beyond physical and reaches emotional and spiritual levels. When it hurts you to the soul, the suffering is total — body, heart, and mind are all equally wrecked.
To feel terrible, look awful, or be in deplorable condition in Chile. When you're pa'l gato, your appearance and your mood are so bad that only a cat with no standards would want you around.
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.
To cancel someone, meaning to publicly reject and collectively withdraw support from a person because of something they said or did. This is the Spanish equivalent of cancel culture, a social media phenomenon where someone can lose massive public support overnight. Used across all Spanish-speaking countries, especially on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
To flirt, hit on someone, or try to seduce them with direct and shameless game in Chile. Pinchar is the standard Chilean verb for making moves on someone, whether at a party, a bar, or through texts. If someone is "pinchando," they are actively pursuing a romantic or physical connection with zero subtlety.