chancho
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]chancho m (plural chanchos)
- (informal) bite (act of biting)
- (informal) nibble, bite (a piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting)
- Synonym: petisco
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]chancho m (plural chanchos)
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]chancho
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chancho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chancho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sancho, from sanch, used to call pigs.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chancho m (plural chanchos, feminine chancha, feminine plural chanchas)
- (Latin America) pig
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:
- Decía el pelirrojo con la boca llena de pan:
—Todos los inviernos carneamos tres chanchos para la casa. Los demás se venden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
[edit]chancho (feminine chancha, masculine plural chanchos, feminine plural chanchas)
Derived terms
[edit]- chanchada
- chanchullo
- (diminutives): chanchito
- a todo chancho
Further reading
[edit]- “chancho”, 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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