champa
See also: Champa
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]champa f (plural champas)
- clod, tuft (small cluster of plants with adhering earth, piece of turf)
- (derogatory, Chile) pubic hair, armpit hair
- Phacelia secunda
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Pipil chamapan (“in the house”)
Noun
[edit]champa f (plural champas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) hovel
- Synonym: casucha
Further reading
[edit]- “champa”, 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
- “champa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- 1. DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea
- 2. DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ampa
- Rhymes:Spanish/ampa/2 syllables
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- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish derogatory terms
- Chilean Spanish
- Spanish terms borrowed from Pipil
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- Guatemalan Spanish
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- Nicaraguan Spanish
- es:Hair
- es:Borage family plants