Meaning of Chileanism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A term or linguistic feature originating from or specific to the Chilean variety of the Spanish language.
   countable, uncountable
2. Chilean nationalism
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Chinanga is, according to Román's Diccionario de chilenismos, not so much a Chileanism as an Americanism, since he credits it to Chile, Perú and Ecuador: it is equivalent to the Spanish taberna, but enlivened with song and dance.”

“The verb pechar is a Chileanism derived from pecho, or chest, and means to employ much effort to accomplish a particular goal.”

“Curco is a Chileanism, meaning literally to be bent over with an irritating burden.”

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