Learn Chilean Spanish in Santiago
Chilean Spanish is fast, softens its s, and ends half its sentences with po. Friends have their own verb forms (¿cómo estái?, ¿cachái?), the afternoon snack is la once, and the bus is la micro.
In Solvelingua you move to Santiago, find a home in Barrio Lastarria, and learn Chilean Spanish the way people there speak it: by talking with the baker, your landlord, your boss and your friends, by voice or by typing. Everyone remembers you, and gentle feedback after each conversation shows what to say next time.
What you'll hear in Santiago
Answering the phone
¿Aló?
Polite and friendly “you”
usted with strangers, tú with friends
Courtesies
con permiso, con mucho gusto and de nada, po
Money
Chilean pesos
Local words and slang
- po
- ya po
- al tiro
- bacán
- ¿cachái?
- la pega
- fome
- la once
- una luca
- el carrete
- la guagua
- pololo
Where you'll live
- Barrio Lastarria: Cobbled streets of old houses under the Cerro Santa Lucía, bookshops, cafés, little theatres and the Museo de Bellas Artes.
You can play in English and Portuguese: menus, feedback, lessons and translations come in the language you pick.
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