That's right, amigos, I am now the proud owner of a Chilean fanny pack! My friend Rachel (pictured above with me) and I decided it was time for us to jump on the bandwagon- here, fanny packs are worn without irony by the majority of Chilean youth. And they're actually super useful for keeping track of yr stuff while you're dancing (which we tend to do a lot). Oh, and the Chilean word for fanny pack is banano. Speaking of Chilean words, I realized that I have yet to blog about chilenismos, or modismos, AKA Chilean slang words. Every culture has slang but Chile has an insane amount. When I first got to Chile I was overwhelmed with how many words I had never, ever heard before, but now I've at least learned the most common ones. In case any of y'all ever come to Chile, here are some good chilenismos to know:
pololear- to date. pololo is boyfriend and polola is girlfriend
fome- lame or boring
cachay? - ya know?
al tiro- right away
jote- vulture OR more commonly, a creepy vulture-like dude at a bar or club. the verb is jotear
bacán- very cool
carrete- a party. carretear is the verb
shuta- shoot/dang
There are tons more, but off of the top of my head these are the ones I use the most. Now you all can be experts at Chilean Spanish! My host family literally teaches me 2 or 3 new chilenismos every day during mealtimes, but I forget a lot of them.
I also have to say that I am STOKED because Rachel & I are in Spanish class together and next week we are giving a ten-minute speech on Shakira. (Our teacher told us we could pick any topic we wanted, so...) I spent a good chunk of my morning listening to Shakira songs, which I can now justify by saying I'm "doing research." Shakira Shakira!
OH ALSO Brazil almost has a female president! That will make it the 4th country in Latin America (after Nicaragua, Chile and Argentina) to elect a female president. Hopefully the US will follow suit soon. After 200+ years of a democracy, it's about damn time.
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