Chilean Spanish Slang: The Naughty Words Edition

Table of Contents Pico Pal Que Lee: You Only Have Yourself to Blame Chapa la Pachala: When the Insult Is Disguised Nepe: The Penis With a Disguise Why Literal Translation Can Be a Disaster So, What's the Point of All This? Pico pal que lee. If You Understood That, You're Already Part of the Problem. There's something special about Chilean humor. Imagine a completely normal and innocent conversation with whoever: your significant other, kid, pastor / priest / druid, milkman, concubine - just chatting away about the weather and price of gas, when someone spits out an innocent sounding phrase. Then comes the scandalous face from across the table. And then the adolescent giggling. And you are left red-faced, the only one left out of the subtle social joke. Or, perhaps you were the one to start all this. Welcome to doble sentido: the art of saying one thing and meaning something else. And by “something else” I totally mean “something juvenile and/or likely dirty and scandalous”. Sometimes…