Chilean Spanish Podcast
What if I told you that you could have un Español casi Perfecto, even if you don't have any supernatural language skills? And in Chilean Spanish! Español casi Perfecto is a podcast for intermediate-level American women who want to get to the advanced level through a tour of Chilean culture. Twice a month, you will find understandable, interesting and fun content so you can have an immersive experience without being in Chile. Let's have a virtual "tecito" together while you perfect your Spanish, so that the next time you speak with Chileans you'll be one of the group ;) Conviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/chilean-spanish-podcast--5357186/support.
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2025 is gone, and everyone is already doing their year-end reviews, rituals, and repeating little phrases they swear will help them become the best version of themselves.
Or… will they?
Listen to my very unhumble and completely unsolicited opinion on the matter—while you learn Chilean Spanish...
...and complain the way God intended.
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Christmas… that magical season when your coworkers become your judges.
In this final episode of the trilogy, I close the loop on Scrooge’s Three Ghosts at Work by tackling the worst one of all: The Amigo Secreto.
That “not mandatory” game where you’re publicly exposed and measured by how well you perform gratitude for a low-budget gift you didn’t ask for.
No bonuses.
No speeches.
In the...
Christmas… that magical season where your company pretends to love you just enough to keep you functional.
In this episode I keep using the three ghosts from Carlitos Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to dissect workplace dynamics in Chile during Christmas time.
Tonight’s ghost is: The Office Christmas Carrete.
Free food, free copete, forced fun and corporate performance at its finest.
The mo...
Christmas… that time of year that makes you love humanity and hate humanity at the same time.
In this episode I go full rant mode and use the three ghosts from Carlitos Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to illustrate workplace dynamics in Chile during the most beautiful time of the year.
Tonight’s ghost is: La caja de Navidad y el aguinaldo.
Cajas pichiruchis, jefes cagaos y las infaltable...
In this messy world, there are two perfect things: cats and Pedro Pascal.
Since I already talked about Pedro Pascal a few months ago, this time I sat down with my colleague Fabi to talk about our cats — how they chose us, how we take care of them, and cat-related expressions to help you sound like a pro when you speak Spanish.
By the end of the episode, you’ll at least feel like adopt...
In today’s episode I talk with Amanda Calderón—Mandy to her friends—about her 10 years living in Sweden.
La Mandy went off to the Viking lands and never came back, but of course there are things she misses from Chilito, like avocados and how we Chileans are so achoclonados (piled up) living with our families.
And also a few anecdotes about pee and poop...
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Oh, linguistic discrimination…
That ridiculous habit of people who have no clue what’s going on — thinking there’s only one correct way to speak Spanish.
In this episode, I brought in the pulento Antonio from Spanish with Antonio — a Spanish teacher and Andalusian Spanish advocate — to talk about the prejudice that Chileans and Andalusians face because of th...
Things I absolutely love about Chile: That people dress up as Satan and go dance for 10 straight days in the desert.
Yeah, for real. But don’t get it twisted — they do it to honor the Virgin of Carmen.
We might be intense, but we’re not satanic.
Since I’m way too much of an atheist and a heretic to explain this properly, I invited Marcelo Puch to talk about t...
The transcript is available on Patreon.
Look, I don’t know what the hell got into me making this episode public — I guess the threat of Caeza e’ Pichí (Pee Head) leaving the whole world in ruins triggered my primal urge to say something out loud.
Anyway, you’ll probably get to say it to him before I ever could. So yeah — here are three very Chilean expressions to say...
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Nick Heumann, the medical physicist slash political firecracker who explained the 2019 Chilean uprising better than most news outlets ever could.
In this episode, we talk about everything that went wrong after the marches: the Peace Agreement, fake news, the failed new constitution, and why Pinochet’s legacy is still alive and kicking in Chile.
⚠️ Fair warning: we sp...
In this episode, I met with Nick Heumann, a medical physicist dedicated to political and social outreach in Chile, to talk about what really happened at the end of the 2019 social uprising.
Nick is such a badass (seco) that the episode ended up being in two parts.
And, as a true influencer, he's on every social media platform you can think of: Twitch, TikTok, Instagram.
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Pedro Pascal is the actor of the moment: canonized as the internet’s zaddy and unofficial national monument of Chile (yes, we said it).
But his life hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park—or, as we say in Chile, una taza de leche.
In this episode, I’ll tell you how HBO’s post-apocalyptic child protector became a patron saint, a global icon, and a symbol of Chilean pride.
A saint with a sinful face.
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Three reasons why you should NOT listen to this episode:
- We wanted to talk about movies, but we ended up talking about Pinochet’s military dictatorship (though we did talk about movies too).
- The films we like are depressing, dark, perfect for when you're tired of existing.
- I barely edited this episode, so for now, this is the closest thing to a real conversation between two Chileans you’ll hear on this...
Before you pack your bag, here’s the truth: it’s freezing in summer, and Chile isn’t the cheap backpacker paradise you think—especially in Patagonia. In this episode, we’ll tell you:
- Why you need to be ready for real hiking.
- The weather: it’s cold, even in summer.
- How much it’ll actually cost you.
- And the tourists causing chaos in the park: wildfires, trash, and more. Don’t be one of them.
If you’re...
2024 is over, and in this episode, I bring you the song that will have your pololo picar la cebolla if he’s living outside Chile.
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Christmas in Chile? It’s all about pan de pascua, cola de mono, and sweating your face off in the middle of summer.
In this episode, I’ll share the ultimate Christmas carol for Chile.
No snow, just watermelons.
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🎄 Christmas is the best time of the year for any atheist—and what’s better than being an atheist and a little drunk?
In this episode, I’m sharing the recipe for the drink you can’t miss this holiday season. It’s guaranteed vái a quedar como reina, especially if you’re serving it to your Chilean Pedrito Pascal versión Fruna (aka your pololo/husband, if you didn’t get the joke).
✨ Christm...
I'm raja, I don’t feel like writing much, so:
In this episode, I bring you 8 meanings of the word "raja" in Chilean Spanish.
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Would you take a picture holding an image of a killer and torturer?
You’d probably say no.
But what if Steven Spielberg does it, in front of millions?
At the 2022 Oscars, Spielberg posed with a doll of Ingrid Olderöck, one of the most cruel figures from the Chilean dictatorship. Some saw it as support for the short film Bestia, while others felt it was disrespectful to the victims of Pinoch...
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