pega
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “pega” mean?
job, work
Example
“Encontré pega en una tienda.”
I found a job at a shop.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: trabajo
Heard in a conversation
First day at the new job
Coni ¡Mati! ¿Cómo te fue el primer día en la pega?
Mati! How did your first day at the job go?
Mati Bien po, pero fue cuático. Me pasaron caleta de cosas.
Good, but it was intense. They gave me tons of stuff.
💼 How other countries say “job, work”
- 🇲🇽 chambaMexico
- 🇪🇸 curroSpain
- 🇦🇷 laburoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 camelloColombia
- 🇨🇺 pinchaCuba · Verb: pinchar (to work).
- 🇵🇪 chambaPeru · Same as in Mexico.
More from Chile
- pegoteside job, a gig
- sacar la vueltato slack off at work
- apitutadosomeone who got in through connections
- estar cesanteto be out of work
- echar la focato tell someone off
- tener cuelloto have connections
- ¿Cachai?Get it? / You know?
- powell, then (emphasis)
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