¿cachai? - do you get it? do you understand?, often pronounced "tchai?"
hermana anfitriona: ¿cachai el castellano?
estudiante de intercambio: ¿qué?
hermana anfitriona: ¿entiendes el español?
estudiante de intercambio: uun pouquiito
host sister: do you get Castillian?
exchange student: what?
host sister: do you understand spanish?
exchange studnet: a little
other uses of cachar:
Cacha que... to introduce a story ...loosely translated, "Listen to this."
Cacha que no se me ocurre un ejemplo.
Yo cacho. - I think so.
¿Va a venir la Verónica?
Yo cacho.
Is Veronica coming?
I think so.
Chilenismos, coloquiales
Friday, July 11, 2008
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