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/Sounds like "CHAHN" (as in "chat") + "chah" (as in "chat")/

Meaning

A piggy bank or jar for saving coins little by little. In Chile, the chancha is where kids drop their coins dreaming of buying something, and breaking it open is practically a ceremony.

Examples

I broke open my chancha and had like twenty lucas.

My grandma gave me a little pig chancha.

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Regional synonyms

To completely ignore someone, to not give them even the slightest bit of attention as if they don't exist. The 'olímpicamente' intensifies it, it was a gold-medal-level ignore.