Chilean Spanish→English

Translate Chilean Spanish to English the way locals mean it.

Chilean Spanish uses endings, particles, and everyday terms such as cachái, po, fome, bacán, and al tiro in ways a textbook reader may misread literally.

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What locals actually say

¿Cachái? Te aviso al tiro si sale algo.

Got it? I’ll let you know right away if anything comes up.

Cachái is informal Chilean cachar, meaning to understand, with the characteristic informal tú ending, while al tiro means immediately.

Está fome la junta, po.

This get-together is pretty boring, honestly.

Fome means boring, and po is an emphatic Chilean particle that adds insistence or a conversational tone rather than a separate literal meaning.

Sale una luca, pero está bacán.

It costs a thousand pesos, but it’s great.

A luca is one thousand Chilean pesos, while bacán means excellent, cool, or very good.

¿Qué micro me deja en el centro?

Which bus takes me downtown?

Micro is the Chilean term for a city bus and signals everyday local usage.

¿Me dai un completo con todo, porfa?

Can I get a fully loaded Chilean hot dog, please?

Completo means a Chilean-style hot dog with toppings, while dai is the very informal Chilean tú ending.

Mi cabro chico anda resfriado.

My kid has a cold.

Cabro chico is a distinctly Chilean colloquial term for a child.

Tengo caleta de pega hoy.

I've got a ton of work today.

Pega is an informal Chilean word for work, and caleta is a colloquial intensifier meaning a lot.

Está lloviendo caleta hoy.

It's raining a ton today.

Caleta is a Chilean colloquial intensifier that signals a large amount or high degree.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Chilean Spanish differs

Chilean Spanish. Tú with characteristic -ái/-ís endings only in very informal speech (cachái); po as emphatic particle, fome, bacán, al tiro for right away, luca for a thousand pesos, micro for city bus. Keep neutral-formal text standard.

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