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Fome. Fome is one of the most widespread Chilean words. It means “boring” or “lame.”. If a party is fome, you don’t want to go there! 9. Guata. Guata means stomach or belly. This is one of the many words that come from Mapudungun, the Mapuche language; in Mapudungun, huata means precisely that, stomach. 10.
Chile–Spain relations. Chile–Spain relations are the current and historical relations between Chile and Spain. Both nations are members of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, Organization of Ibero-American States, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations .
The prisoners of the 2019–2021 Chilean protests, dubbed by some groups as Prisoners of the Revolt ( Spanish: Presos de la Revuelta ), are people who have been held in custody in the context of the social unrest in Chile whose circumstances of detention have been subject of severe criticism including the claim they are political prisoners.
El Conde. (film) El Conde ( lit. 'The Count') is a 2023 Chilean black comedy horror film [2] directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Larraín and Guillermo Calderón. [3] [4] It is a satire that portrays Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire seeking death. [5] The film stars Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo ...
Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2011) Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda.
The Chile pension system ( Spanish: Sistema Previsional) refers to old-age, disability and survivor pensions for workers in Chile. The pension system was changed by José Piñera, during Augusto Pinochet 's dictatorship, on November 4, 1980 from a PAYGO -system to a fully funded capitalization system run by private sector pension funds.
Cacerolazo. In Spanish, a cacerolazo ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaθeɾoˈlaθo] or [kaseɾoˈlaso]) or cacerolada ( [kaθeɾoˈlaða] ); also in Catalan a cassolada ( Catalan pronunciation: [kə.suˈɫa.ðə] or [kə.soˈɫa.ðə]) is a form of popular protest which consists of a group of people making noise by banging pots, pans, and other ...
