Chilean Spanish

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
variety of Spanish
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature unique pronunciation
distinctive vocabulary
unique grammar
aspiration or dropping of final 's'
rapid speech
use of chilenismos (local slang)
use of voseo
gptkbp:distinctiveGrammar use of diminutives
use of double negatives
gptkbp:distinctivePronunciation gptkb:yeísmo
aspiration of 's' at end of syllables
reduction of unstressed vowels
seseo
gptkbp:hasDistinctiveVocabulary al tiro (right away)
bacán (cool)
cabro/cabra (boy/girl)
cachai (do you understand?)
carrete (party)
cuático (intense/weird)
fome (boring)
gringo (foreigner, usually white)
guagua (baby)
la micro (bus)
luca (1000 pesos)
po (emphatic particle)
pololo/polola (boyfriend/girlfriend)
pucha (expression of frustration)
weón (slang for person/friend/idiot)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chilean Spanish
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Mapudungun
gptkb:Quechua
English
gptkbp:ISO639-3 none (covered by 'spa')
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European_languages
Romance languages
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:Concepción
gptkb:Valparaíso
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 17 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:status de facto national language of Chile
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:相关语言 gptkb:Andean_Spanish
gptkb:Rioplatense_Spanish
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4