Me habíai llamado? - (Me habíais llamado, Me habías llamado) Did you call me?, literally "Had you called me?"
Chileans do this thing with their verbs...perhaps I'll post more extensively on it in the future.
Christian: Hola, qué tal? Me habíais llamado?
Lucas: Si, vamos a juntar más rato?
...
Christian: Hello, how's it going? Did you call me?
Lucas: Yeah, are we getting together later?
...
Chilenísimo
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
estar de perro
estar de perro - estar bacán, to be awesome
En la playa:
Seba: Puta que rico estar acá weon, con una chela helá, viendo minas ricas.
Diego: Si, weon, está de perro.
On the beach:
Seba: Shit it's sweet to be here, with a cold beer, checking out hot chiks.
Diego: Yeah, dude, this is sweet.
COA
En la playa:
Seba: Puta que rico estar acá weon, con una chela helá, viendo minas ricas.
Diego: Si, weon, está de perro.
On the beach:
Seba: Shit it's sweet to be here, with a cold beer, checking out hot chiks.
Diego: Yeah, dude, this is sweet.
COA
Monday, January 12, 2009
mochilear, a false friend
mochilear - to backpack a la chilena
"mochilear" does not equal "to backpack"
mochilear - comes from una mochila Chilean for "a backpack"
"mochilear" is an inexpensive summer activity that Chilean university students sometimes dedicate themselves to. Mochilear means to hitchhike or take a bus (to either the North or the South) with a backpack, usually during the summer months, and usually in Chile - although exceptions do exist. It's basically a cheap way for Chileans to get to know there country, meet knew people, and party a long way from home. They generally camp in camping areas and drink prolific amounts of alcohol, singing and strumming all night on a guitar with other drunk Chilean university students.
Vero: Qué vay a hacer para las vacaciones de verano?
Seba: Con unos amigos vamos a mochilear al sur por un mes.
Vero: What are you going to do during summer vacations?
Seba: I'm going backpacking a la chilena in the South for a month.
to backpack or to go backpacking - translates as "hacer trekking"
to backpack through a country is a bit more similar to the Chilean mochilear.
Like Chilean mochileros, a gringo who backpacks through a country is also on a budget (generally), and may or may not party a lot, as Chileans do.
Chilenismo, normal register
"mochilear" does not equal "to backpack"
mochilear - comes from una mochila Chilean for "a backpack"
"mochilear" is an inexpensive summer activity that Chilean university students sometimes dedicate themselves to. Mochilear means to hitchhike or take a bus (to either the North or the South) with a backpack, usually during the summer months, and usually in Chile - although exceptions do exist. It's basically a cheap way for Chileans to get to know there country, meet knew people, and party a long way from home. They generally camp in camping areas and drink prolific amounts of alcohol, singing and strumming all night on a guitar with other drunk Chilean university students.
Vero: Qué vay a hacer para las vacaciones de verano?
Seba: Con unos amigos vamos a mochilear al sur por un mes.
Vero: What are you going to do during summer vacations?
Seba: I'm going backpacking a la chilena in the South for a month.
to backpack or to go backpacking - translates as "hacer trekking"
to backpack through a country is a bit more similar to the Chilean mochilear.
Like Chilean mochileros, a gringo who backpacks through a country is also on a budget (generally), and may or may not party a lot, as Chileans do.
Chilenismo, normal register
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
a ti no más te gusta webear
a ti no más te gusta webear (a los otros) acaso - you can dish it out, but you can't take it
Viste que molesta la weaíta? A tí no más te gusta güebear acaso?
You see that's annoying? You can sure dish it out, but you can't take it.
Informal register
Viste que molesta la weaíta? A tí no más te gusta güebear acaso?
You see that's annoying? You can sure dish it out, but you can't take it.
Informal register
Monday, December 1, 2008
ni chicha ni limoná
No ser ni chicha ni limoná - to be neither here nor there, no estar ni allí.
¿Qué opina Pablo de Farkas?
No es ni chicha ni limoná.
What does Pablo think about Farkas?
He's neither here nor there.
Victor Jara has a song called "ni chicha ni limoná". Here are the lyrics.
¿Qué opina Pablo de Farkas?
No es ni chicha ni limoná.
What does Pablo think about Farkas?
He's neither here nor there.
Victor Jara has a song called "ni chicha ni limoná". Here are the lyrics.
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".
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
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
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