al peo

al peo - hacer algo mal, to do something poorly or in a half-assed manner. "Al peo" literally means "to the fart"

Julia: Hablas ingles?
Veronica: Al peo.

Julia: Do you speak English?
Veronica: in a half-assed sort of way.

Colloquial, as far as I can tell it's Chilensis. In other Spanish-speaking countries "al peo" seems to mean "to fart around" or "to dick around". While similar, it is slightly different from "to do something half-assed."

se las trae

se las trae - ser seco para algo, ser peleador/a, a veces se usa con un tono irónico, tb se usa cuando alguien es más de lo que parece. Quizás más astuto que pareciera... to be good at something, to be an argumentative person, sometimes this expression is used ironically, but it seems not always, also it's used when someone is more than they seem. Perhaps more astute than they let on.

Esta expresión ha sido difícil para mi definir porque cuando preguntaba a los chilenos que significa la expresion, no entendia como la expresion podria significar "weon seco" pero a la vez ser peyorativo, pero la clave esta en la definicion que da el DRAE:

traerselas - se aplica a aquello que tiene mas intención, malicia, o dificultades de lo que a primera vista parece - this expression is applied to that which has more intention, malice/mischief/slyness, or difficulties then what it seems at first

So using this definition, I can see where "se las trae" can be pejorative or not. If it's pejorative, the speaker is highlighting the "malicia" in a bad way. Somebody screwing someone else over for example. However if it's meant as a compliment, I can see how it shows how the person "outsmarted" or "outdid" the rest. That the person has more ability than meets the eye. Especially in sports. Like when Chupete Suazo plays soccer, "se las trae."

Cesar: Oye weon viste el gol de Chupete? Enganchó a la izquieda, salió a la derecha, y al final, sacó el arquero antes de hacer el gol!!

Mario: Se las trae!

Cesar: Dude, did you see Chupete's [Suazo] goal? He faked left, went right, and finally took out the goalie before scoring!

Mario: He's awesome! *

Jechu: Ten cuidado con la Isi que se las trae.

Jechu: Be careful with Isi, because she's slyer than she seems.


general Spanish, colloquial

* I haven't found a good translation for "se las trae"...the meaning of the expression really depends on context.

estar en coño

estar en coño - estar doblada (una pelicula), to be dubbed (a movie)

Some Chileans say that a movie "está en coño" instead of saying "está doblada" because the movies are almost always dubbed by Spaniards. "Coño" is a very typical vulgar word in Peninsular Spanish, while it's not used in Chilean Spanish, as far as I've noticed anyway. Except to express that a movie "está en coño."

Puta la weá, por la cresta!!! Estuve bajando Limitless toa la tarde, y la película reculiada estaba en coño!! Que pérdida de tiempo!!!

Fucking a! I was downloading Limitless all afternoon, and the fucking movie was dubbed!! What a waste of time!!

I'm not sure if this is an expression specific to Chile or if it's used in other Latin American countries too.

If you hear the word "coño" used in Chile, you might be hearing a Venezuelan talk.

vulgar

¿Ladronde lo sacaste?

Joaquin: ¿Ladronde lo sacaste?

Benja: En el mall. Me salió milochorié. jejeje.

En vez de "a donde lo compraste?", that is "Where did you buy it?"
"Ladrón" means thief, so it's a play on words, the person asking the question is jokingly accusing the other person of stealing something. "Thief, where did you get it?" but it sounds like "Where did you buy it?"

The response is "milochorié". It sounds like "me lo chorié", which in colloquial Chilensis means, "I stole it." However, it also sounds like the person is saying "mil ocho diez" (1.810), which is about 4 dollars. hehehehe

piri-longhi

hehehehehehhehehe. I think this is only my favorite chilensis word ever!!!!

piri-longhi: gallo, loco, dude

It seems it is used commonly like this in an aggressive tone:

¿Quí ti pa, piri-longhi?

What's with you, man?

I'm under the impression that "piri-longhi" is flaite and perhaps COA as well.

"Piri" is just a great addition in general. My own uses, that aren't part of the Chilensis institution, are: piri-washi, piri-gil, piri-insert name of friend here, etc. Perhaps it's used in a way similar to the suffix "-age" in English. "Cleavage" and also made up words, of which I have no examples at the moment.

a dodge patas

a dodge patas - (to get around) on foot. Definitely an expression that shows the class division in Chile. people who can't afford cars get around on foot or by public transport. So if asked how they arrived at a place they might say "a dodge pata". Since Dodge is a brandname of car, you think they might be about to tell you the type of car they arrived in, but they're making a joke of the fact that they arrived on foot (pata, actually means animal legs, but is used colloquially to refer to human legs).

Diego: Como llegaste a la casa del chamo?
Ana María: A dodge patas po, weón, como no me fuiste a buscar.

Diego: How did you get to chamo's house?
Ana María: On foot, since you didn't pick me up.

"a dodge patas" on the web: the authoritative Chilensis dictionary, diccionario libre

"en dodge patas" seems to work even better as in gñerty's example in the comments.

And here's a great visual for the "en dodge patas" expression.

Edited Dec 2.

once

once - pronounced (OHN-say) is Chilean for tea time. I've been told the etymology of this word has to do with aristocratic Chilean women enamored with the Chilean alcohol, aguardiente, would have a bit of this at the evening tea time. Proper Chilean women, instead of inviting their girlfriends to drink aguardiente, invited them to have "once" (eleven), a euphemism for aguardiente, since aguardiente has eleven letters.

I think I've only been served aguardiente once at once, in Southern Chile. Nowadays, once can be constituted by some of all of the following: bread, toast, mashed avocado, coffee, tea, cold cuts, quesillo, pie, cookies.

It's eaten usually between 7pm-9pm in most Chilean households.

Edited Dec 2010:
Apparently U.S. culture had something called "elevenses" as well. Interesting what one learns. I came across this fact reading an essay by Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma.