How Chacho works

Something needs doing, and you don't have the Spanish for it

A water heater is leaking. The car won't start. You need a dentist, a notary, a locksmith at nine on a Sunday night. You're new here, or you've been here five years and still freeze on the phone.

You open Chacho in WhatsApp

He's a contact, not an app. Nothing to download, nothing to sign into, no new icon on your home screen. If you can message a friend, you can message Chacho.

You tell him the problem, in English

Plain words. No form, no menu, no “press 1 for plumbing.” Type it the way you'd say it to a neighbor.

He names providers first, then offers to make contact

Chacho starts with who, because that's the part you can't Google in a language you don't read. Real local providers, with the trade-offs that actually decide it — how far, how fast, how much.

Then he offers to reach out, and shows you exactly what he'd say. “Yes” sends it. Anything else edits it. He never sends a word you haven't seen.

He sends it — in Spanish

What lands on the plumber's phone is a normal message from a normal customer, in his own language, at the register he'd expect. No screenshot of Google Translate, no apology for the Spanish.

Then he disappears into the middle of it

From here Chacho is a wire, not a chat partner. You write English and it arrives in Spanish. He answers in Spanish and it reaches you in English. Same thread, same speed, nothing to copy and paste.

Example conversation

Done. He goes back to waiting

The plumber comes at two. Chacho doesn't need managing, closing or unsubscribing — he sits in your contacts until the next thing breaks, the next appointment needs making, or the next form shows up in Spanish.