chancla

English

A pair of red chanclas.

Etymology

From Spanish chancla.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/
• (Canada, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæŋklə/

Noun

chancla (plural chanclas)

1. (Latin American culture) A slipper or flip-flop

Anagrams

• clachan

Spanish

Etymology

From chanca, from Late Latin zanca, zancha (“a kind of soft Parthian shoe”) from Parthian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃankla/ [ˈt͡ʃãŋ.kla]
• Rhymes: -ankla
• Syllabification: chan‧cla

Noun

chancla f (plural chanclas)

1. slipper
2. flip-flop
3. old shoe

Related terms

• chanclo

 

See also

• abarca f
• chala
• chancleta f
• huarache m
• sandalia f

Further reading

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