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{{short description|Chilean urban lower-class youth}}
'''Flaite''' ({{IPA|es|ˈflajte}}) is a [[Chilean Spanish]] [[slang]] term used to describe aggressive [[Urban culture|urban]] youth associated with vulgar habits and criminal behavior.<ref>Roxana Fitch, ''Jergas de habla hispana'', Ed. BookSurge, North Charleston, 2006, p. 56</ref> The typical flaite stereotype portrays individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds who may engage in delinquency, travel in groups, and exhibit a distinct dress style similar to [[Chav|chavs]]. They often enjoy music genres like [[cumbia]] and [[reggaeton]].
Flaites typically wear sneakers such as [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] Dunks or other basketball and soccer shoes. They commonly sport short haircuts known as [[sopaipilla]] due to their resemblance to the fried pastry, often paired with jockey caps. They tend to accessorize with flashy items, referred to as [[bling-bling]], and favor tightly worn jeans.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Las Ultimas Noticias [http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2010-01-21&PaginaId=12&bodyid=0 Benetton transforma al "flaite" chileno en ícono de la moda]</ref> Individuals from middle to upper socioeconomic backgrounds have adopted the flaite fashion style,<ref name="Chilevision">{{in lang|es}} Red de Televisión Chilevisión [http://www.chilevision.cl/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229645&Itemid=81 La moda de los "Chilean Flaites"]</ref> wearing baggy jeans, which has led to speculation about the emergence of a subcultural group.<ref>Chilenismos : a dictionary and phrasebook for Chilean Spanish by Daniel Joelson [https://books.google.com/books?id=dWrjMRN_zjcC&lpg=PP19&dq=flaites%20delinquents&pg=PP19#v=onepage&q=flaite&f=false} Pgs. 4-5]</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Apaçi]] (Turkey)
*[[Lad culture#Other locations|Lad]] (Australia and New Zealand)
*[[Chav]] (UK)
*[[Racism in Argentina|Negro]] (Argentina)
*[[Dres (Polish subculture)|Dres]] (Poland)
*[[Gopnik]] (Russia)
*[[Maloqueiro]] (Brazil)
*[[Low culture]]
==References==
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[[Category:Age-related stereotypes]]
[[Category:Chilean youth culture]]
[[Category:Class-related slurs]]
[[Category:Criminal subcultures]]
[[Category:Spanish slang]]
[[Category:Stereotypes of the working class]]
[[Category:Stereotypes of urban people]]
[[Category:Social class in South America]]
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