Easy Chicken Recipes

Chilean slang made easy

A cookbook with recipes, oddities, sayings, etc. of Chilean and Latin American slang

Why Chilean Slang Made Easy?
Well, my English is horrible, but I am a native Spanish speaker. I meet gringos every day because they see my Alternative Guide for tourists in Arica. I had met personally with some of them here, in my town, and I realized how hard it is for them to comunicate in Spanish.

Not just talk basic things such as "donde esta el bao" or "otra cerveza por favor", but to be able to comunicate ideas and feelings effectively. It is not so hard indeed; It is not rocket science, ;-).
I do not intend to give you Spanish classes. I am not qualified for that. My intention is to write some tips and details that may be useful to improve your comunication skills in Spanish. Just some disperse ideas on those subtle little things that may help you to turn on a Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra reincarnated. Okay too much yabadaba, let's start.
WARNING, this document contains some rude, unpolite expressions which are marked in red, you may use it with care.
Tip 1: increase your vocabularyIt is obvious, but I have to say It: the more words you manage the better. A good goal to learn 10 new words every day may be a good discipline. Think that a day you miss learning 10 new words is a loss for your program to become Miguel de Cervantes reincarnated.

Words are the building blocks of a language, and you cannot build a brick wall having no bricks. The more you have the better, so, first of all improve your vocabulary. Learn new words every single day.

Chilenismo 1: with every entry I will add a chilenismo (chilean slang), todays is al tiro (or altiro), which means right now! The Peruvian equivalent is al toque, and in Bolivia and other places is ahorita.Chilenismo 2: sobrado (vain, snobby person) same for Peru and Bolivia. Now you have your 2 first Spanish expresions. See? It is not rocket science.

Chilean slang: the informal way in chilean slang adds a final "is" instead "s" in several expressions by exampletu tens or tu quers instead of tu tienes (you have), tu quieres (you want)
Formal and informal, when to use In Spanish, the formal/informal way to speak with others matters. If you say usted when the appropiate word is tu, you may give the feeling of arrogance, trying to put distance, social inferiority, or lack of affection.
On the contrary, if you say tu when the appropiate pronoun is usted older, people or some with authority may consider you an insolent, impolite individual.
This is often confusing for native English speakers, because their language doesn't make such distintions. How to know when to use formal or informal expression?
-You must use the informal way always when you wish to be friendly. People of similar age uses always the informal way, except with people you first meet and you are not sure which degree of familiarity is propper.-Formal way is for older people, except those which you have familiarity, It is a "respective" way to talk soit must to be applied also for any person with authority as judges, carabineros, government officials, etc.The formal and informal forms are:
You = t (informal), usted (formal)Many verbs are converted to informal adding a final "s" You have= usted tiene (formal), t tienes (informal), You go= usted va (formal), t vas (informal) etc.
Confusing similaritiesThere are several words that spell almost the same with the same meaning both in English and Spanish, e.g.innocence (inocencia), confidence (confianza), patience(paciencia) etc.However there are some words very similar to Spanish but with a meaning completely different such as:Candid (eq. spanish franco) and Cndido (which mean a silly person who believes anything the other people say, i.e., gullible).
Actually (eq. spanish realmente) and actualmente (which means currently)Caution (eq.spanish precaucin) and Caucin (which mean deposit in advance)To realize (eq.spanish darse cuenta) and realizar (which mean to do)OK, enough for today, the tips must remain short. If you know any other confusing similarity pls add it.Chilenismo 3: compadre (buddy, alligator, a very good friend), the original meaning -a sort of godfather- is not very usedBonus track: listo (is used instead of Okey), e.g. listo compadre (okey buddy)
One word, several meaningsSame as in English, in Spanish you will find one word with more than one meaning. Its good to learn thosewords first because you will increase your vocabulary with less effort, and are often misused or mis-translated.How to know what meaning applies? just by context, see these few examples:valor=worth, value, price, couragepieza= room, partmarca=mark, branddeber=duty, to owejusto=fair, justcola=tail, line of people (waiting)rico=rich, wealthy, tasty, pleasurabletiempo=time, climatecarta= letter, playing card, chartcorte= cut, interruption, courtpara=stop, forEnough for today, now our daily chilenismo: pa, means "para" in chilean slang, that is "for"Bonus hacer tira which mean "to rip off" (has also some sexual connotation for a very pleasurable sex)
Gender bluesIn Spanish you must to indicate gender explicity more often than in English, where by example, the word "the" is used both for male or female.Not so in Spanish, where "the" changes depending on gender and must be:El (the, masculine)La (the, feminine)As if this mess wasnt enough, the sustantive indicated also changes, as rule of thumb for female it ends with "a" and for male it ends with "o" by exampleEl esposo (the husband, male)La esposa (the wife, female)Enough? not yet, even inanimate things have gender, by example:El balde (the buck), el telfono (the telephone), el agua (the water)La rueda (the weel), la cocina (the kitchen), la ventana (the window)As you can note, when gender applies to things, the rule of thumb of final letter "a" and "o" doesnt applies.Its easy, not rocket science!Well, todays chilenismo is mina (chick, young lady, pretty woman), and is widely used in Chile, Argentina and other countries of Latin Amrica.Bonus: goma, which means servant, a person unconditionally submited to the will of his master.
ConnectorsWith connectors I refer to those words used to filling a gap or to emphasize an idea, in spanish they are called muletillas, by example:Bueno (literally "well" and used same way as in english when you start talking: "well, I think" "bueno, yo creo que...")Que se yo (not precise translation, approximate equivalent to "whatever")En fin (not precise translation, used to end an idea giving the impresion that there is more about that: "podra hablarse mucho acerca de eso, en fin")A ver ("lets see")Esteee (not precise translation, sort of "uhhh")En verdad ("indeed")Te explico ("let me explain to you")O sea (that is, sometimes used to give an answer in the air "o sea...hummm")Para, para ("wait! wait a minute")Chilenismo: Mhijita ("babe"), mijita rica! ("nice babe!" adults only)Bonus chaleco (jersey)
Expresions and sayingsMany Spanish expressions widely used are not easy to understand, because the literal translation has not sense, see following a few examples:A ojo de buen cubero (just an aproximate calculuation)A ro revuelto, ganancia de pescadores (when things got wild, some earn)Como Pedro por su casa (wit too much familiarity)Pasar gato por liebre (to cheat, to scam)Dar la lata (to speak nonsenses boring and insisting)Dejar en la estacada (to leave you alone qhen you are in danger)Dormirse en los laureles (to rely too much in which you are earned)Echar con cajas destempladas (to fire)Del ao del rey perico (very, very old)Como la carabina de ambrosio (very bad)

Easy Chicken Breast Recipe - Chicken Recipes Easy

Brilliant Chicken Recipes Mini Cook Book by Family Circle New Quick Easy Meals
18 May 2012 at 7:35am

$3.79 End Date: Sunday Jun-17-2012 3:55:09 PDT Buy It Now for only: $3.79 Buy it now on Ebay!

UNBELIEVABLE MELT IN YOUR MOUTH DELICIOUS BEST BAKED CHICKEN RECIPE!! SO EASY!!
18 May 2012 at 7:35am

$0.99 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 16:31:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $0.99 Buy it now on Ebay!

REALLY EASY CHICKEN RECIPES - ALISON HOLST/SIMON HOLST
18 May 2012 at 7:35am

$4.96 End Date: Friday Jun-15-2012 22:28:22 PDT Buy It Now for only: $4.96 Buy it now on Ebay!

Next page: Chicken Recipes

Bookmark/Share This Page:

Easy Chicken Recipes News