the spanish translation for "word". for the bilingually impaired, al chile directly translates to "to the chile".al chile is used in the same way as word, either to ask if a person is for real, or for confirming that indeed you are being for real, it is mostly when a mexican talks to another mexican or chicano
vato A: wus up wit chu and sophiahomie?
vato B: shiiii ese smell my fingers!!!!
vato A: Al Chile?
vato B: al chile homie
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.