Andrés Febrés was 18th-century Spanish Jesuit[1] active in Colonial Chile.
He is best known for his book Arte de la lengua general del Reyno de Chile, con un diálogo chileno-hispano muy curioso : a que se añade la doctrina christiana, esto es, rezo, catecismo, coplas, confesionario, y pláticas, lo más en lengua chilena y castellana : y por fin un vocabulario hispano-chileno, y un calepino chileno-hispano mas copioso (in Spanish).
In his writings he supported the incorporation of the lands of the independent Cunco and Huilliche, the Futahuillimapu, into the Spanish Empire.
[2] In 1767 Febrés made plans to establish a mission in Río Bueno south of Valdivia.
[3] This mission was however established in 1777 by Franciscans as the Jesuits had been expelled from the Americas in 1767.