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/Sounds like "chah" (as in "chat") + "moo" (as in "moon") + "YEHN" (as in "yes") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A smooth talker and chronic liar who makes up stories to impress or wriggle out of trouble in Chile. Nobody believes a "chamullento" anymore, but they keep spinning tales with a straight face.

Examples

Don't buy anything from that salesman, he's full of it.

My coworker is such a bullshitter that nobody believes anything he says anymore.

Regional synonyms

A clean-cut, straight-edge person who doesn't drink, doesn't stay out late, and doesn't get into trouble. In Colombia and Peru, being 'zanahoria' makes you the boring one of the group according to party people.