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El español ecuatoriano se reconoce por alternar el tú costeño con el usted serrano y por voces cotidianas como ñaño, chévere y chuchaqui.

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What locals actually say

Sis, save me a seat.

Ñaña, guárdame un puesto.
Ñaña es la forma familiar ecuatoriana de llamar a una hermana, y puesto se usa mucho para decir asiento.

That party was really cool.

Esa farra estuvo chévere.
Farra nombra una fiesta o salida de juerga, mientras chévere expresa que algo estuvo muy bueno.

Don’t worry, I’ll pick you up after work.

No se preocupe, yo le paso recogiendo después del trabajo.
En Ecuador es común usar usted y la construcción pasar recogiendo para ofrecerse a recoger a alguien.

Can you give me change for this twenty?

¿Me da vuelto de este veinte?
“Vuelto” means change in Ecuadorian Spanish and is especially common in everyday money transactions.

Does this bus go to the historic center?

¿Esta buseta va al Centro Histórico?
“Buseta” is a common Ecuadorian term for a small bus and signals local transport vocabulary.

Could I have another serving of llapingachos?

¿Me da otra porción de llapingachos, porfa?
“Llapingachos” are Ecuadorian potato patties, and “me da” is a polite everyday request construction.

It’s really cold today.

Hoy está haciendo full frío.
“Full” is a colloquial Ecuadorian intensifier meaning very or a lot.

I have a hangover.

Estoy con chuchaqui.
“Chuchaqui” is the distinctly Ecuadorian word for a hangover.

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How Ecuadorian Spanish differs

Ecuadorian Spanish. Tú in the coast, usted strong in the sierra; local colour where casual: chévere, ñaño/ñaña for sibling, chuchaqui for hangover.

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