1. Money Terms Used in Chile
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary Words

2. Based on the book
“Speaking Chileno:
A Guide to Spanish
from Chile”
By Jared Romey

3. AFP
stands for Administradora de Fondo de
Pensiones and refers to private pension
fund companies
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

4. aguinaldo
an extra salary payment that companies make to
employees for Chile’s independence celebrations
(Fiestas Patrias) or for Christmas
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

5. andar al 3
y al 4
to have no money
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

6. andar cortina
to have no money, broke
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

7. andar en
pelotillehue
to be without money
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

8. andar pato
to be broke
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

9. andar patricio
to not have any money
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

10. andar salado
to be broke
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

11. andar sin
ni uno
to be without a cent, broke
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

12. Arturo/Arturit
o
a 10 thousand peso bill, named for Arturo
Pratt, the person on the bill
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

13. bicicleta
financial concept when a person borrows
money to pay previous debts and
continues this indefinitely
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

14. billete largo
well-off, loaded
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

15. billullo
money, bucks, moola
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

16. boleta
a basic receipt for purchases, which is
different from a factura
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

17. cartola
bank account statement
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

18. chaucha
pocket change, very little, a small amount
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

19. cortando
refers to how much money you make
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

20. estar pato
to be flat broke
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

21. factura
a receipt for business purposes that
allows you to recover the Value Added
Tax (IVA) paid on any purchase
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

22. Gabriela
a 5 thousand peso bill, named for Gabriela
Mistral, the person on the bill
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

23. gamba
a 100 peso coin or 100 thousand Chilean
pesos
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

24. Isapre
stands for Instituciones de Salud
Previsional, and refers to any of numerous
private health care plans
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

25. luca
a thousand pesos
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

26. mojar
to bribe, grease the palm
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

27. palo
a million Chilean pesos
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

28. palo verde
a million dollars
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

29. plata
moola, cash, money, bucks
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

30. quina
500 Chilean pesos
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

31. recortín
a secret payment, like a commission for
making something happen
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

32. UF
stands for Unidad de Fomento and is an
index in Chilean pesos that is used to
adjust for inflation for long term debts
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

33. UTM
stands for Unidad Tributario Mensual and is an
index in Chilean pesos that is used to adjust for
inflation for tax reasons and penalties
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

34. vale vista
a cashier’s check assured by the bank,
that cannot be canceled before you cash
it, basically a bank issued check
Chilean Spanish Vocabulary: Money & Finance Terms

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