Exploring Chilean Idioms and Ways of Speaking: Viral Video Highlights the Unique Language of Chile

2023-06-29 13:53:03

It is not surprising that, at least within Latin America, Chilean idioms and ways of speaking are material for tandem and, from time to time, a video regarding it appears that goes viral.

In this case, the protagonist was a Uruguayan tiktoker, known as “El Chico” (@el.chichovs on TikTok), who shared with his more than 45,000 followers a material imitating different concepts that were used in Chile, compared to other countries on the continent, and Spain.

Thus, he started by showing that, when answering the phone, in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru they say: “Hello”. On the other hand, here the phrase is: “Hello”.

Meanwhile, in Spain, Mexico or Paraguay they simply use the word “contamination” to refer to dirty air, while on Chilean soil it is: “Smog”.

The reactions to the video

On the other hand, in places like Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador they would use the word “drunk” to refer to someone in a drunken state. Meanwhile, in local lands, the term used is “cured”.

Finally, it also imitated that in other parts, as they speak of “adhesive tape” to refer to what is known here as “scotch”, while “toilet paper” is known as “comfort”. Since here the name of two brands, Scotch and Confort, is used to refer to a product in general.

Of course, the viral, published two days ago, already has more than 425,000 visits and, therefore, has received hundreds of comments, many of them from Chilean netizens, such as: “Why be the same, if we can be different” , “We are the best country in Chile”, “I really like its culture”, “We have our own language” and “We are special”.

Check here the video

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