WordReference.com

Heyya gringas,

It just occurred to me that you guys may be interested in this online dictionary (WordReference.com), if you haven't already come across it. I found it about a year and a half ago and have pretty much been living there ever since. For example, I just found "dientes de dragón" on it. This is a common stirfry ingredient in Chile but not in the States (as far as I am aware of) so I didn't know how to translate it to English. Turns out it translates as "soybean sprouts". The beauty of the dictionary is that if the word or expression you are looking for isn't in the dictionary than you can post the expression in English or Spanish (or other languages) and people will tell you what it means. There are few words the other members haven't been able to translate for me, one of them is "voguing". But I've had hundreds of words and expressions translated there. And since there are thousands of people logged on during the day, the translations generally are pretty quick.

Also, here are a few chilenismos dictionaries, just in case. This is my personal fave, though it's all in Chilean spanish: http://www.mainframe.cl/diccionario/diccionario.php?palabra=maca&accion=Buscar

Here is another, but in Chileno and English: http://www.quewea.com/slang.php

Here's a list of some phrases and an endorsment for a book: http://www.joeskitchen.com/chile/culture/slang.htm

Feel free to add any other resources you guys have found that help.

Saludos!