Catch up- the last month in words

• hueon/hueona (abrv: wn/wna) (modismo) = dude
• cachai (modismo) = understand what i'm saying?/get it?, can also be used at beginning of sentence like "oye!" to get your attention
• al tiro (modismo) = quickly/"right now"
  • me voy altiro = i'm going!
• bacan (abrv: bcn) (modismo)= cool/awesome
• tomar once (modismo) = to have food with friends/family at dinner time, but the food is tea with bread with avocados, tomatoes, and lettuce 
• tomar colación (modismo) = to have a snack 
• mañosa (modismo) = whiny, stubborn, crying for no reason (usually describing a child) 
• pololo/polola (modismo) = boyfriend/girlfriend 
• recarga  = recharge (a phone) or refill (a prescription)
• Estar chato/harto/astiado (modismo) = to be tired/done/sick of something
• cabezona (modismo) = the word you use to order a strong drink with more alcohol
• suegra = mother-in-law
• puuuuucha (modismo) = oh well
• chuuuuuuta (modismo) = dear god!/shit!
• aleatorio = random
• regio (modismo) = really beautiful/handsome
• tiene su genio = to have character
• delantal = white coat
• desmontar la montura (very rural modismo) = literally means to take the saddle off the horse, figuratively means to take off all the coats you're wearing because it's freezing
• burlarse = to make fun of someone
  • No te burles de mi = Don't make fun of me!
• fome (modismo) = boring 
• lata (modismo) = boring 
• volantin = kite
• hilo = thread 
• impeque (modismo + company for cleaning supplies) = perfect
• Pelar = to say bad things about someone else (harsh gossip)
• bochorno = hot flashes
• maniado (modismo) = torpe = clumsy
• sacar las garras (modismo) = literally means to show your claws, figuratively means to be sassy
  • ​Ryan sacó las garras = Wow, Ryan's sassy!
• cajetilla = box of cigarettes 
• de repente = suddenly, sometimes
• mamon (modismo) = mama's boy
• papitis (modismo) = daddy's girl 
• apollerado (modismo) = word to describe a child who is always attached to his mother's side, comes from the word "pollera" which means skirt 
• flaite (modismo) = really awful word to describe a young person from low SES who is into crime, basically our way of calling someone a delinquent aka not nice, never use 
• echar de menos = to really miss something
• Cachipun (modismo) = name of chilean game of rock, paper, scissors
• Adecuado = thats correct
• ​chomba = pull-over sweater
• chaleco = zip up sweater
• chascona (modismo) = to be with messy hair (messy ponytails don't count)
• acelga = chard
• de echo = actually (try not to use "actualmente" in conversation-- apparently its weird)
• atajo = shortcut
• amanecer = dawn and another way to say "to wake up"
• gallo (modismo) = this guy (not nice)
• lolo/lola (old modismo) = joven = youth (nice)
• quatico (modismo) = awesome and weird and emotionally heavy 
• cálido = tibio = warm
• hacer caso (modismo?) = to follow directions, used often to discuss adherence to medication
• pataletas (modismo) = temper-tantrum 
• mala leche (modismo) = an appropriate response to a story about someone's inconsiderate behavior, sort of like "there's something in the water" 
• medio pique = long distance
  
  • ​I told my host mom, Veronica, that I was running a few km and she exclaimed "Oooo medio pique!" 
    
• esta guateando = you're messing up/flailing/vacillating