caleta
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “caleta” mean?
a lot, tons
Example
“Había caleta de gente en el concierto.”
There were tons of people at the concert.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: mucho
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 “loads, a ton”
- 🇪🇸 mogollónSpain
- 🇦🇷 bochaArgentina
- 🇲🇽 un chorroMexico · In Argentina 'chorro' is a thief.
- 🇨🇺 una pila deCuba
- 🇻🇪 un pocotónVenezuela
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