¡Pucha!
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “¡Pucha!” mean?
Darn! / Oh no!
Example
“¡Pucha, se me olvidó la billetera!”
Darn, I forgot my wallet!
Good to know
A soft, polite exclamation; also heard in Peru and Argentina.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Qué pena!
Heard in a conversation
The bus was packed
Feña Benja, ¿dónde estai? Llevo caleta esperando.
Benja, where are you? I've been waiting for ages.
Benja ¡Pucha, perdón! La micro venía llena.
Oh no, sorry! The bus was packed.
Feña ¡Qué lata! ¿Y ahora? ¿Llegai al tiro?
What a drag! And now? Will you be here right away?
😩 How other countries say “Oh man! / Darn!”
- 🇲🇽 ¡Híjole!Mexico
- 🇵🇪 ¡Pucha!Peru
More from Chile
- bacáncool, great
- fomeboring, lame
- ¡Qué lata!What a drag!
- cuáticocrazy, intense
- la rajaawesome
- estar pegadoto be hung up on someone
- ¿Cachai?Get it? / You know?
- powell, then (emphasis)
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