chinchilete

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈlete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈle.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧le‧te

Interjection

¡chinchilete!

1. (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) Used to offer a gift or favor to the first person who responds with "yo, machete" (me, machete).

   Synonym: (Costa Rica) chinchillete

Further reading

• “chinchilete”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010