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My mistake!
I don´t read carefully, the expression "¡que penca!" may be replaced with "¡que fome!" Preciosa_Flor is rigth
However "penca" cannot be replaced with "fome" different expressions using "que"

uhhhh....hmmmm (eekpat loves it when I ...hmmmm...)...puta, hombre, que queire que le digo?


p out.

tombrad2 wrote::D
It is a very subtle matter. Well, "penca" (low quality) is not replaced by "fome" (dull, boring) but it may be used sometimes in this sense. It is a very complex because in Chile four letter words are not used by low class only as -let´s say- rappers slang, they are widely used between friends in all social classes, including high rank businessmen, politicians, etc. It is a sort of demonstration of familiarity or confidence.

First of all, my mistake in saying that it is low class to use. Between friends it is fine to use this. Between a student and professor...think twice. However, I wouldn't recommend that a gringo/a use this word. That is all I was trying to say. I now understand that el puelche is Chilean. So, I didn't mean to cause conflict, but this is an English forum and sometimes Chilean slang is impolite to use with a Chilean if you are a gringo/a. It's nice to learn new words, but if one is not a native speaker they also need to know when to use the words they are learning.

my great-grandma told me the story of "El tatue" basically a big bird that flies at night on top of random people or person, you can hear him saying "tatue, tatue"
my gma told me that if you ask the tatue to go either breakfast with you, almorzar, or dine or whatever else you want to invite him to he will come next day in his human form to basically do what he was invited in for. If you don't keep your promise and don't let him in he will basically give you a death curse and you will, die...

by the way my great-grandma is 85 and she's from Los Angeles(souther Chile) very rural down there, and you can imagine how everything was different, no light, fresh water had to be taken from wells, to go to the restroom you had to walk 10 yards to get there, and yeah she has so many stories. I just love hearing them and MAN she has a SWEET Southern Chilean Accent XD, she's a truly "Huasa".