
It is widely known that Chilean Spanish is so unique that it sometimes feels like a different language. This comes as a result of Chile's isolated geography and influence of indigenous languages. A couple key attributes of this dialect are that it is spoken super fast, "s" sounds or other letters at the end of words are often omitted, "po" is added at the end of sentences for emphasis, and tones are highly variable. A couple popular slang words are "bacan" meaning cool, "carrete" meaning party, "weón" meaning dude, and "cachai" being "got it?". One common speech pattern is an elision of "d" and "b" in words ending with a vowel. Another trademark aspect of Chilean Spanish is the replacement of the "ch" sound for a "sh" sound. Chileans also like to repeat personal pronouns within a sentence, and they even have their own verb conjugations. Verbs ending in "as" are modified to "ai" while verbs ending in "es" are then "i." Further, reinvented imperatives are found in Chile. As an example, instead of saying "pon" as a command, Chileans will often exclaim "pone," or "sale" for "salir."
