Chilean Spanish

{{See also|Chilote Spanish|Cuyano Spanish}}

In Chile, there are not many differences between the Spanish spoken in the northern, central and southern areas of the country,{{Harvcoltxt|Canfield|1981|p=31}} although there are notable differences in zones of the far south—such as Aysén, Magallanes (mainly along the border with Argentina), and Chiloé—and in Arica in the extreme north. There is, however, much variation in the Spanish spoken by different social classes; this is a prevalent reality in Chile given the presence of stark wealth inequality.[http://www.infoamerica.org/documentos_pdf/bernstein05.pdf CLASES SOCIALES, LENGUAJE Y SOCIALIZACION ] Basil Bernstein, http://www.infoamerica.org/ retrieved June 25, 2013 In rural areas from Santiago to Valdivia, Chilean Spanish shows the historical influence of the Castúo dialects of Extremadura, Spain,{{cite web |url=http://vozdemitierra.wiki-site.com/index.php/CHILE |title=CHILE - Vozdemitierra |language=es |publisher=Vozdemitierra.wiki-site.com |access-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209141516/http://vozdemitierra.wiki-site.com/index.php/CHILE |archive-date=2013-02-09 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.paseovirtual.net/america/ |title=Extremadura en América - Diez mil extremeños - Biblioteca Virtual Extremeña |publisher=Paseovirtual.net |access-date=2013-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022002104/http://www.paseovirtual.net/america/ |archive-date=2013-10-22}} but some authors point to the Spanish province of Andalusia and more specifically to the city of Seville as an even greater influence on the historical development of Chilean Spanish. In general, the intonation of Chilean Spanish is recognized in the Spanish-speaking world for being one of the fastest-spoken accents among Spanish dialects and with tones that rise and fall in its speech, especially in Santiago and its surroundings; such intonation may be less strong in certain areas of the north of the country and more pronounced in southern areas. It is also not uncommon that other Spanish speakers, native and otherwise, have more difficulty understanding Chilean Spanish speakers than other accents.

As result of past German immigration, there are a few German influences in the vocabulary, accent, and pronunciation of southern Chile.{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=Claudio |date=2000 |title=Las áreas de "bocha", "polca" y "murra". Contacto de lenguas en el sur de Chile |journal=Revista de Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares|language=es |volume=LV |issue=1 |pages=185–196 |doi= 10.3989/rdtp.2000.v55.i1.432|doi-access=free }} Speakers of Chilean Spanish who also speak German or Mapudungun tend to use more impersonal pronouns (see also: Alemañol).{{Cite journal|title=La expresión de impersonalidad en el español de Chile|date=2009|volume=13|journal=Cuadernos de lingüística hispánica|last=Hurtado Cubillos|first=Luz Marcela|pages=31–42|language=es}} Dialects of southern Chile (Valdivia/Temuco to Chiloé) are considered to have a melodic intonation (cantadito) relative to the speech in Santiago.{{Cite journal|title=Percepción y valoración de variedades geográficas del español de Chile entre hispanohablantes santiaguinos|journal=Boletín de filología|volume=XLVII|pages=137–163|issue=1|year=2012|trans-title=Perception and valuation of geographical varieties of Chilean Spanish amongst Spanish-speaking subjects from Santiago de Chile|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0718-93032012000100006&script=sci_arttext|language=es}} A survey among inhabitants of Santiago also shows that people in the capital consider southern Chilean Spanish to be variously affected by Mapudungun, have poor pronunciation, be of rural character and, in the case of Chiloé, to be rich in archaisms. The same study does also show a perception that the speech of northern Chile is influenced by the Spanish spoken in Peru and Bolivia.

Chile is part of a region of South America known as the Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur; Portuguese: Cone Sul). The region consists of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay; sometimes it also includes Paraguay and some regions of Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo). The vocabulary across the region is similar for Spanish speakers, and in some cases it's also shared by the Portuguese speakers in the Southern Cone parts of Brazil.

The Chilean Spanish dialect of Easter Island, most especially the accent, is influenced by Rapa Nui language.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

There are a number of phonetic features common to most Chilean accents, but none of them is individually unique to Chilean Spanish.[http://cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza/biblioteca_ele/asele/pdf/04/04_0553.pdf EL ESPAÑOL EN AMÉRICA] cvc.cervantes.e - JESÚS SÁNCHEZ LOBATO - page 553-570 Rather, it is the particular combination of features that sets Chilean Spanish apart from other regional Spanish dialects.[http://www.thisischile.cl/1207/2/862/language-of-chile-chileanismos-castellano-and-indigenous-roots/Article.aspx Language of Chile: Chileanismos, Castellano and indigenous roots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402221709/http://www.thisischile.cl/1207/2/862/language-of-chile-chileanismos-castellano-and-indigenous-roots/Article.aspx |date=2 April 2014 }} www.thisischile.cl - February 22, 2011, retrieved August 8, 2013 The features include the following:Lipski (1994: 199–201){{cite web |url=http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/congresos/valladolid/ponencias/unidad_diversidad_del_espanol/2_el_espanol_de_america/saez_l.htm |title=El dialecto más austral del español: fonética del español de Chile |author=Sáez Godoy, Leopoldo |work=Unidad y divesidad del español, Congreso de Valladolid |publisher=Centro Virtual Cervantes |access-date=2007-08-12}}

• Yeísmo, the historical merger of the phoneme {{IPA|/ʎ/}} (spelled {{angbr|ll}}) with {{IPA|/ʝ/}} (spelled {{angbr|y}}). For speakers with yeísmo, the verbs cayó 's/he fell' and calló 's/he fell silent' are homophones, both pronounced {{IPA|[kaˈʝo]}}. (In dialects that lack yeísmo, maintaining the historical distinction, the two words are pronounced respectively {{IPA|[kaˈʝo]}} and {{IPA|[kaˈʎo]}}.) Yeísmo characterizes the speech of most Spanish-speakers both in Spain and in the Americas. In Chile, there is a declining number of speakers who maintain the distinction, mainly in some areas of southern Chile.{{Harvcoltxt|Oroz|1966|p=119}} In southern Chile the distinction was noted in 2003 to exist chiefly in Cautín Province, while in the north it was documented in a few places of the province of El Loa Province and more as more widespread in Parinacota Province next to Bolivia and Peru.{{Cite journal |title=Geografía de la "ll" en Chile |journal=Estudios Filológicos |last=Wagner |first=Claudio |url=https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0071-17132003003800012 |volume=38 |pages=188–200|year=2003 |last2=Rosas |first2=Claudia}}{{efn-ua|Areas of southern Chile where the distinction has been documented include Carahue (1970), Gorbea (1970), Loncoche (1970), Villarrica (1970) and Llifén (1963). In some areas where this trait was mentioned by scholar Rodolfo Oroz in the mid-1960s (Talca, Quirihue, Cauquenes, Antuco, Los Ángeles, Angol and, much more to the south, Coyhaique) it appears to have gone extinct by 2003. In the north the distinction has been documented in Parinacota Province, a province next to Bolivia and Peru, and in localities in the interior of the Atacama Desert around Cordillera Domeyko within the traditional lands of the Likan Antay.}}
• Like most other Latin American dialects of Spanish, Chilean Spanish has seseo: {{IPA|/θ/}} is not distinguished from {{IPA|/s/}}. In much of the Andean region, the merged phoneme is pronounced as apicoalveolar {{IPAblink|s̺}},{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} a sound with a place of articulation intermediate between laminodental {{IPAblink|s}} and palatal {{IPAblink|ʃ}}. That trait is associated with a large number of northern Spanish settlers in Andean Chile.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
• Syllable-final {{IPA|/s/}} is often aspirated to {{IPA|[h]}} or lost entirely, another feature common to many varieties of Spanish in the Americas, as well as the Canary Islands and the southern half of Spain. Whether final {{IPA|/s/}} aspirates or is elided depends on a number of social, regional, and phonological factors, but in general, aspiration is most frequent before a consonant. Complete elision is most commonly found word-finally but carries a sociolinguistic stigma.{{Harvcoltxt|Lipski|1994|p=199}} Thus, los chilenos '(the) Chileans' can be {{IPA|[loh tʃiˈleno]}}.
• The velar consonants {{IPA|/k/}}, {{IPA|/ɡ/}}, and {{IPA|/x/}} are fronted or palatalized before front vowels. Thus, queso 'cheese', guía 'guide', and jinete 'rider/horseman' are pronounced respectively {{IPA|[ˈceso]}}, {{IPA|[ˈɟi.a]}}, and {{IPA|[çiˈnete]}}. Also, {{IPA|/x/}} is pronounced {{IPA|[h]}} or {{IPA|[x]}} in other phonological environments and so caja 'box' and rojo 'red' are pronounced {{IPA|[ˈkaxa]}} ~ {{IPA|[ˈkaha]}} and {{IPA|[ˈroxo]}} ~ {{IPA|[ˈroho]}} respectively. In the rest of the article, the back allophone of {{IPA|/x/}} is transcribed with the phonemic symbol {{angbr IPA|x}}.
• Between vowels and word-finally, {{IPA|/d/}} commonly elides or lenites, as is common throughout the Spanish-speaking world); contado 'told' and ciudad 'city' are {{IPA|[konˈta.o]}} (contao) and {{IPA|[sjuˈða]}} (ciudá) respectively. Elision is less common in formal or upper-class speech.
• The voiceless postalveolar affricate {{IPA|/tʃ/}} is pronounced as a fricative {{IPA|[ʃ]}} by many lower-class speakers and northerners so Chile and leche (milk) are pronounced {{IPA|[ˈʃile]}} and {{IPA|[ˈleʃe]}}, respectively). That pronunciation is greatly stigmatized, although not so much in the upmost northern regions where speakers may go back and forth between {{IPA|/tʃ/}} and {{IPA|[ʃ]}}. This pronunciation is also typical of southern Andalusia in Spain, north Mexico, and of several Caribbean dialects. Other variants are more fronted and include the alveolar affricate {{IPA|[ts]}} or an even more fronted dental affricate {{IPAblink|t̪s̪}}, mostly in the upper class of Santiago; thus, Chile and leche are pronounced {{IPA|[ˈtsile]}} or {{IPA|[ˈletse]}}. {{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
• Word-final /{{IPAlink|n}}/ is pronounced as a velar nasal [{{IPAlink|ŋ}}] only in north Chilean dialects.
• Unstressed word-final vowels are often devoiced.{{Harvcoltxt|Lipski|1994|p=201}}
• The phoneme represented by the letters {{angbr|b}} and {{angbr|v}} may be pronounced {{IPAblink|v}} in variation with {{IPAblink|b}} and {{IPAblink|β}}; in most other Spanish dialects, only {{IPAblink|b}} and {{IPAblink|β}} may appear as allophones of that phoneme.{{cite web |title=Feature descriptions |url=https://dialectos.osu.edu/feature-descriptions |website=Voices of the Hispanic World |publisher=Ohio State University |access-date=3 October 2022}}
• Consonant cluster [t{{IPA|ɾ}}] can be pronounced [{{IPA|tɹ̝̥}}], {{IPA|[tɻ]}}, or [{{IPA|tʂ}}], making cuatro 'four' and trabajo 'work' pronounced as [{{IPA|ˈkwatɹ̝̥o ~ˈkwatɻo ~ ˈkwatʂo]}} and [{{IPA|tɹ̝̥aˈβaxo ~ tɻaˈβaxo ~ tʂaˈβaxo]}} respectively. This is an influence of Mapudungun.

• Doubling the object clitics me, te, se, lo(s), la(s) and le(s) before and after the verb is common in lower-class speech. For example, 'I'm going to go' becomes me voy a irme (Standard Spanish: me voy a ir and voy a irme). 'I'm going to give them to you' becomes te las voy a dártelas.
• Queísmo (using que instead of de que) is socially accepted and used in the media, and dequeísmo (using de que instead of que) is somewhat stigmatized.
• In ordinary speech, conjugations of the imperative mood of a few of verbs tend to be replaced with the indicative third-person singular. For example, the second-person singular imperative of poner 'to put', which is pon, becomes pone; that of hacer 'to do', which is haz, becomes hace; and that of salir 'to exit', sal, becomes sale: hace lo que te pedí 'do what I asked'. However, that is not done in formal speech. Chileans also replace the etymological second-person singular imperative of the verb ir 'to go', ve, with the second-person singular imperative of andar 'to walk', anda, and ve is reserved for the verb ver 'to see': ve la hora 'look at the time'.
• Another feature to note is the lack of use of the possessive nuestro 'our', which is usually replaced by de nosotros 'of us': ándate a la casa de nosotros, literally 'go to the house of us', instead of ándate a nuestra casa 'go to our house'.
• It is very common in Chile, as in many other Latin American countries, to use the diminutive suffixes -ito and -ita. They can mean 'little', as in perrito 'little dog' or casita 'little house', but can also express affection, as with mamita 'mummy, mommy'. They can also diminish the urgency, directness, or importance of something to make something annoying seem more pleasant.[http://www.contactchile.cl/en/chile-chilenianisms.php Chilean Spanish & Chileanisms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112140209/http://www.contactchile.cl/en/chile-chilenianisms.php |date=2006-01-12 }} http://www.contactchile.cl/ retrieved June 27, 2013 So, if someone says espérese un momentito literally 'wait a little moment', it does not mean that the moment will be short, but that the speaker wants to make waiting more palatable and hint that the moment may turn out to be quite long.

Chileans use the voseo and tuteo forms for the intimate second-person singular. Voseo is common in Chile, with both pronominal and verbal voseo being widely used in the spoken language.

In Chile there are at least four grades of formality:

• Pronominal and verbal voseo, the use of the pronoun vos (with the corresponding voseo verbs):
  vos sabí(s), vos vení(s), vos hablái(s), etc.
  This occurs only in very informal situations.
• Verbal voseo, the use of the pronoun tú:
  tú sabí(s), tú vení(s), tú hablái(s), etc.
  This is the predominant form used in the spoken language.Lipski (1994: 201-2) It is not used in formal situations or with people one does not know well.
• Standard tuteo:
  tú sabes, tú vienes, tú hablas, etc.
  This is the only acceptable way to write the intimate second-person singular. Its use in spoken language is reserved for slightly more formal situations such as (some) child-to-parent, teacher-to-student, or peer-to-peer relations among people who do not know each other well.
• The use of the pronoun usted:
  usted sabe, usted viene, usted habla, etc.
  This is used for all business and other formal interactions, such as student-to-teacher but not always teacher-to-student as well as "upwards" if one person is considered to be well respected, older or of an obviously higher social standing. Stricter parents will demand this kind of speech from their children as well.

The Chilean voseo conjugation has only three irregular verbs in the present indicative: ser 'to be', ir 'to go', and haber 'to have' (auxiliary).

A comparison of the conjugation of the Chilean voseo, the voseo used in Latin American countries other than Chile, and tuteo follows:

* Rioplatense Spanish prefers the tuteo verb forms.{{Cite web |author=Real Academia Española |title=voseo {{!}} Diccionario panhispánico de dudas |url=https://www.rae.es/dpd/voseo |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=«Diccionario panhispánico de dudas» |language=es}}

Chilean voseo has two different future tense conjugations: one in {{lang|es|-ís}}, as in {{lang|es|bailarís}}, and one in {{lang|es|-ái}}, as in {{lang|es|bailarái}} 'you will dance'. These come from two different underlying representations, one ending in {{lang|es|/-es/}}, and the other ending in {{lang|es|/-as/}}. The {{lang|es|/-es/}} representation corresponds to a historical future tense form ending in {{lang|es|-és}}, as in {{lang|es|estarés}}. Such a historical conjugation existed in Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, alongside the {{lang|es|-ás}} endings, and was recorded in Chile in the 17th century. All this said, the simple future tense is not actually used that often in Chile. Instead, the periphrastic future construction (i.e. {{lang|es|vai a (va a in standard Spanish)...}}) is more common.

In Chile, there are various ways to say 'you are' to one person.

• Vo(s) soi
• Vo(s) erí(s)
• Tú soi
• Tú erí(s)
• Tú eres
• Usted es

Only the last two are considered Standard Spanish. Usage depends on politeness, social relationships, formality, and education. The ending (s) in those forms is aspirated or omitted.

The form {{lang|es|erei}} is also occasionally found. It apparently derives from the underlying form {{lang|es|/eres/}}, with the final {{IPA|/s/}} becoming a semivowel {{IPA|/j/}}, as happens in other voseo conjugations. The more common forms {{lang|es|soi}} and {{lang|es|erís}} are likewise derived from the underlying representations {{lang|es|/sos/}} and {{lang|es|/eres/}}.

The auxiliary verb {{lang|es|haber}}, most often used to form existential statements and compound tenses, has two different present indicative forms with {{lang|es|vos}} in Chile: {{lang|es|hai}} and {{lang|es|habís}}.

{{lang|es|Ir}}, 'to go', can be conjugated as {{lang|es|vai}} with {{lang|es|vos}} in the present tense in Chile.

Chilean Spanish has a great deal of distinctive slang and vocabulary. Some examples of distinctive Chilean slang include al tiro (right away), gallo/a (guy/gal), fome (boring), pololear (to go out as girlfriend/boyfriend), pololo/polola (boyfriend/girlfriend),{{cite web|url=http://www.rae.es/ |title=Real Academia Española |publisher=Rae.es |access-date=2013-02-17}} pelambre (gossip), pito (marijuana cigarette i.e. joint) poto (buttocks),Lipski (1994: 203) quiltro (mutt) and chomba (knitted sweater) wea [ we.'a] (thing; can be used for an object or situation). Another popular Chilean Spanish slang expression is poh, also spelled po', which is a term of emphasis of an idea, this is a monophthongized and aspirated form of pues. In addition, several words in Chilean Spanish are borrowed from neighboring Amerindian languages.

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• weón [we'on] - dude/friend or stupid
• abacanao - presumptuous
• agarrar (con alguien) - to kiss (smb. else)
• agarrarse - to get in a fight
• al tiro - right away
• apretao - stingy or tight
• arrastre - to have influence on others
• avisparse - to realize
• bacán - awesome
• cachar - to understand
• caleta - a lot
• cana - jail
• chanchada - disloyal act/eat like a pig
• completo - hot dog
• chupar - to consume alcohol
• echar la foca (lit. throw the seal/breath) - to severely address someone or express disapproval or disappointment
• emputecer - getting mad
• engrupir - to fool or influence someone
• fome - boring
• garúa - drizzle
• hacer perro muerto (lit. do a dead dog) - to dine and dash or do something similar
• pesao - mean
• sapear - to spy or eavesdrop

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In Chilean Spanish there is lexical influence from Argentine dialects, which suggests a covert prestige. Lexical influences cut across the different social strata of Chile. Argentine summer tourism in Chile and Chilean tourism in Argentina provide a channel for influence on the speech of the middle and upper classes. The majority of the population receive Argentine influence by watching Argentine programs on broadcast television, especially football on cable television and music such as cumbia villera on the radio as well. Chilean newspaper La Cuarta regularly employs slang words and expressions that originated in the lunfardo slang of the Buenos Aires region. Usually Chileans do not recognize the Argentine borrowings as such, claiming they are Chilean terms and expressions due to the long time since they were incorporated. The relation between Argentine dialects and Chilean Spanish is one of asymmetric permeability, with Chilean Spanish adopting sayings from Argentine variants but usually not the reverse.{{cite journal |last1=Salamanca |first1=Gastón |last2=Ramírez |first2=Ariella |date=2014 |title=Argentinismos en el léxico del español de Chile: Nuevas evidencias |url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-04622014000100006 |journal=Atenea |volume=509 |pages=97–121 |access-date=16 January 2016}} Lunfardo is an argot of the Spanish language that originated in the late 19th century among the lower classes of Buenos Aires and Montevideo that influenced "Coa", an argot common among criminals in Chile, and later colloquial Chilean Spanish.

; Argentine slang loanwords{{Cite journal|last=Salamanca|first=Gastón|date=2010|title=Apuntes sociolingüísticos sobre la presencia de argentinismos en el léxico del español de Chile|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-04622010000200008&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es|journal=Atenea (Concepción)|issue=502|pages=125–149|doi=10.4067/S0718-04622010000200008|issn=0718-0462|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Salamanca|first1=Gastón|last2=Ramírez|first2=Ariella|title=Argentinismos en el Léxico del Español de Chile: Nuevas Evidencias|date=June 2014|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-04622014000100006&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es|journal=Atenea (Concepción)|issue=509|pages=97–121|doi=10.4067/S0718-04622014000100006|issn=0718-0462|doi-access=free}}

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• atorrante - tramp
• cafiche - pimp or abusive man
• arrugar- flinch
• bancar - support, tolerate, bear, hold
• trucho - fake, cheat
• canchero - expert or arrogant
• mufa - something that brings bad luck
• manga - a big group of

• punga - a pickpocket
• tira - undercover police
• yeta - 'jinx' or someone who brings bad luck

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The Mapudungun language has left a relatively small number of words in Chilean Spanish, given its large geographic expanse. Many Mapudungun loans are names for plants, animals, and places. For example:{{cite web | url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2017/02/21/845966/Dia-de-la-lengua-materna-Que-palabras-de-uso-diario-provienen-de-nuestros-pueblos-originarios.html | title=Día de la lengua materna: ¿Qué palabras de uso diario provienen de nuestros pueblos originarios? | Emol.com| date=2017-02-21}}{{cite web|url=https://juliosuarezanturi.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/del-origen-mapuche-de-palabras-chilenas/|title=Del origen mapuche de las palabras chilenas|date=2 April 2011}}

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• cahuín: a rowdy gathering; also malicious or slanderous gossip.
• copihue: Lapageria rosea, Chile's national flower.
• culpeo: the culpeo, or Andean fox, Lycalopex culpaeus.
• luma - Amomyrtus luma, a native tree species known for its extremely hard wood; also a police baton (historically made from luma wood in Chile).
• chape: braid.
• guarén: the brown rat.
• laucha: mouse.
• roquín: lunch, picnic
• cuncuna: caterpillar.
• pichintún: pinch, or very small portion.
• pilucho: naked.
• piñén: dirt of the body.
• guata: belly.
• machi: Mapuche shaman.
• colo colo: pampas cat, Leopardus colocola.
• curi: black, dark.
• curiche: dark-skinned person.
• charquicán: a popular stew dish.
• malón: military surprise attack; also, a party.
• ulpo: non-alcoholic drink made of toasted flour and water or milk.
• pilcha: shabby suit of clothing.
• huila: shredded, ragged.
• merkén: smoked chili pepper.
• funa: a demonstration of public denunciation and repudiation against a person or group. Also to be bored or demotivated, demoralized.
• huifa: wiggle with elegance, sensuality, and grace; also, interjection to express joy.
• pichiruchi: tiny, despicable, or insignificant.
• pololo: Astylus trifasciatus, an orange-and-black-striped beetle native to Chile; also, boyfriend.
• quiltro: mongrel, or stray dog.
• ruca: hut, cabin.Tana de Gámez, ed., Simon and Schuster's International Dictionary English/Spanish Spanish/English (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973)}}

The Quechua language is probably the Amerindian language that has given Chilean Spanish the largest number of loanwords. For example, the names of many American vegetables in Chilean Spanish are derived from Quechua names, rather than from Nahuatl or Taíno as in Standard Spanish. Some of the words of Quechua origin include:{{cite web |url=http://www.cepchile.cl/dms/lang_1/doc_3765.html |language=es |title=Tras la huella del Mapudungun |author=Zúñiga, Fernando |date=2006-06-11 |work=El Mercurio |publisher=Centro de Estudios Publicos |access-date=2007-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029160440/http://www.cepchile.cl/dms/lang_1/doc_3765.html |archive-date=2007-10-29 }}

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• callampa: mushroom; also, penis (Quechua k'allampaTeofilo Laime Ajacopa, [http://www.illa-a.org/cd/diccionarios/DicQuechuaBolivia.pdf Diccionario bilingüe iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha], La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)).
• cancha: field, pitch, slope (ski), runway (aviation), running track, court (tennis, basketball) (Quechua kancha).
• chacra - a small farm (Quechua chakra)).
• chala: sandal.
• chasca: tassle; diminutive chasquilla: bangs (of hair).
• china: a female servant in a hacienda.
• choclo: maize/corn (Quechua chuqllu).
• chúcaro: spirited/wild, used traditionally by huasos to refer to a horse.
• chupalla: a traditional Chilean straw hat.
• chupe: soup/chowder (Quechua chupi).
• cocaví: snack/lunch or picnic (from coca).
• cochayuyo: Durvillaea antarctica, a species of kelp (Quechua qucha yuyu).
• guagua: child, baby (Quechua wawa,).
• guanaco: guanaco, Lama guanicoe, a native camelid mammal (Quechua wanaku).
• guasca: whip (Quechua waskha).
• huacho: an orphan or illegitimate child; also, as an adjective, lone or without a mate, as in a matchless sock.
• huaso: a country dweller and horseman.{{cite web |url=http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero17/mapuche.html |language=es|title=Influencias de las lenguas indígenas en el español de Chile |author=Correa Mujica, Miguel |year=2001 |work=Espéculo. Revista de estudios literarios. |publisher=Universidad Complutense de Madrid |access-date=2009-05-31}}
• huincha: a strip of wool or cotton or a tape measure; also used for adhesive tape (Quechua wincha).
• humita: an Andean dish similar to the Mexican tamale (Quechua humint'a, jumint'aDiccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary); also a bow tie.
• mate: an infusion made of yerba mate.
• mote: mote, a type of dried wheat (Quechua mut'i).
• palta: avocado.
• poroto: bean (Quechua purutu).
• yapa or llapa: lagniappe.
• zapallo: squash/pumpkin (Quechua sapallu).

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There are some expressions of non-Hispanic European origin such as British, German or French. They came with the arrival of the European immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is also a certain influence from the mass media.

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• bufé - piece of furniture, from French buffet.
• cachái - you understand, you see; for example, ¿Cachái?, Did you understand?, Did you see?, Did you get?; form of cachar, from English 'catch'.{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/chile/articles/18-chilean-slang-phrases-youll-need-on-your-trip/|title=18 Chilean Slang Phrases You'll Need on Your Trip|date=31 August 2017 }}
• chao or chau - goodbye, from Venetian and Italian ciao
• chutear - to shoot, from English 'shoot'.
• clóset - closet, from English 'closet'.
• confort - toilet paper, from French confort; a brand name for toilet paper.{{cite web|url=http://www.confort.cl/productos/|title=Productos - Confort|website=www.confort.cl}}
• zapin or zaping - to change channel whilst watching TV, to channel surf, from English 'to zap'.
• jaibón - upper class, from English 'high born'.
• kuchen or cujen - A kind of fruit cake, from German Kuchen.
• lobear - to lobby, from English 'to lobby'.
• luquear - to look, from English 'to look'.
• marraqueta - a kind of bread, from French Marraquette, surname of the Frenchmen who invented it.
• panqueque - pancake, from English 'pancake'.
• overol - overall, from English 'overall'.
• strudel or estrudel - dessert, from German Strudel, a typical German and Austrian dessert.
• vestón - jacket, from French veston.

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Here is sample of a normal text in carefully spoken Latin American Spanish and the same text with a very relaxed pronunciation in informal lower-class Chilean Spanish:{{cite web|url=http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UPF/AVAILABLE/TDX-1209109-131417//TMRV.pdf|author=Marcela Rivadeneira Valenzuela|title=El Voseo En Medios de Comunicacion de Chile.|access-date=2010-12-10|publisher=www.tesisenxarxa.net|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040830/http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UPF/AVAILABLE/TDX-1209109-131417//TMRV.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}} Pages 82-83.

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• {{in lang|es}} [http://www.mainframe.cl/diccionario/diccionario.php? Diccionario de Modismos Chilenos] - Comprehensive "Dictionary of Chilean Terms".
• [http://www.joeskitchen.com/chile/culture/slang.htm Pepe's Chile Chilean Slang] - basic list of Chilean slang/unique colloquialisms.
• [http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/?pais=Chile&tipobusqueda=1 Jergas de habla hispana] Spanish dictionary specializing in slang and colloquial expressions, featuring all Spanish-speaking countries, including Chile.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071108210406/http://www.elcastellano.org/espachil.html Elcastellano.org]

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