Friday, October 10, 2008

friolenta

friolenta, friolento - a person who is always cold, or sensitive to the cold. (I wish this word existed in English because I've always been friolenta.)

Elegí un departamento que recibe sol todo el día porque soy terzible friolenta.
I chose an apartment that gets sun all day long because I'm really sensitive to the cold.

Se usa en Chile y Argentina y no sé si en otros países latinoamericanos. En España, parece que dicen friolero/friolera.
Es una palabra de registro "normal".

Thursday, October 9, 2008

pitiar

pitiar - 1) to break something 2) to rob something 3) to kill someone

una pitiada - a drag (like off someone's cigarette)

Cacha la manta de polar que me pitié de Lanchile.
Check out the polarfleece blanket that I stole from Lanchile.

coloquial, Chilenismo