chilpayate

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃilpaˈʝate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʝa.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilpaˈʝate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʝa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃilpaˈʃate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʃa.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilpaˈʒate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʒa.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: chil‧pa‧ya‧te

Noun

chilpayate m (plural chilpayates, feminine chilpayata, feminine plural chilpayatas)

1. (Mexico) kid (young child)

   Synonym: niño

Further reading

• “chilpayate”, 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