bacán
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “bacán” mean?
cool, great
Example
“El carrete estuvo bacán.”
The party was awesome.
Good to know
Also common in Peru.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: genial
Heard in a conversation
Beach on Saturday
Anto No te preocupes, la micro a Cartagena sale como cuatro lucas ida y vuelta. Yo llevo sánguches 🥪
don't worry, the bus to Cartagena is like 4k round trip. I'll bring sandwiches 🥪
Joaco Bacán, me tinca caleta. ¿A qué hora nos juntamos?
awesome, I'm totally up for it. what time do we meet?
Anto Tipo nueve en el terminal, que después se llena de gente y es fome esperar parados.
around 9 at the terminal, it gets packed later and standing around waiting is a drag
😎 How other countries say “cool”
- 🇲🇽 chidoMexico
- 🇪🇸 guaySpain
- 🇦🇷 copadoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 chévereColombia
- 🇵🇷 nítidoPuerto Rico
- 🇵🇪 bacánPeru · Same word as in Chile.
- 🇻🇪 chévereVenezuela · Shared with Colombia.
More from Chile
- fomeboring, lame
- ¡Qué lata!What a drag!
- cuáticocrazy, intense
- la rajaawesome
- ¡Pucha!Darn! / Oh no!
- estar pegadoto be hung up on someone
- ¿Cachai?Get it? / You know?
- powell, then (emphasis)
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