champerío

Spanish

Etymology

From champa (“hovel”) +‎ -erío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃampeˈɾio/ [t͡ʃãm.peˈɾi.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: cham‧pe‧rí‧o

Noun

champerío m (plural champeríos)

1. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) a group of hovels

Further reading

• “champerío”, 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