chamullo

See also: chamulló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʝo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃaˈmuʝo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /t͡ʃaˈmuʎo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃaˈmuʃo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈmuʒo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -uʝo

• Rhymes: -uʝo
• Rhymes: -uʎo
• Rhymes: -uʃo
• Rhymes: -uʒo

• Syllabification: cha‧mu‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chamullar.

Noun

chamullo m (plural chamullos) (Chile)

1. a story of little truth
2. the art of telling lies

Etymology 2

Verb

chamullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chamullar

Further reading

• “chamullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16