chimuelo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmwelo/ [t͡ʃiˈmwe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: chi‧mue‧lo

Adjective

chimuelo (feminine chimuela, masculine plural chimuelos, feminine plural chimuelas)

1. (Mexico) missing at least one tooth

   Synonyms: desdentado, (El Salvador) cholco, (El Salvador) shashaco, (Nicaragua) chintano

Further reading

• “chimuelo”, 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