camanance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Nahuatl camatl (“mouth”) + nantzin (“fruit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kamaˈnanθe/ [ka.maˈnãn̟.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kamaˈnanse/ [ka.maˈnãn.se]
- Rhymes: -anθe
- Rhymes: -anse
- Syllabification: ca‧ma‧nan‧ce
Noun
[edit]camanance m (plural camanances)
- (Central America) dimple
- Synonym: hoyuelo
- ¡Mirá qué bonitos camanances tiene!
- Look how pretty dimples he has!
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “camanance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/anse
- Rhymes:Spanish/anse/4 syllables
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