To understand or get something in Chile and Peru, to catch on to a situation or grasp the meaning. If you cachái something, you totally get it, and if you don't cachar anything, you're completely lost.

Nonsense, stupidity, or something completely unimportant in Peru and Chile. It can refer to absolutely any object, situation, or action that isn't worth mentioning, thinking about, or even remembering.

A way of saying 'facts' or 'that's straight facts' when someone says something undeniably true. It's the emphatic stamp of approval that validates a statement as pure truth.

An alcoholic drink in general or a sip of liquor you have with friends. Going for some tragos is the universal Spanish invitation to go out drinking, chatting, and having a good time regardless of the day.