chinchillete

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈʝete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈʝe.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈʝete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈʝe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈʎete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈʎe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈʃete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈʃe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃint͡ʃiˈʒete/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃiˈʒe.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧lle‧te

Interjection

¡chinchillete!

1. (colloquial, Costa Rica) Used to offer a gift or favor to the first person who responds with "yo, machete" (me, machete).

   Synonym: (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) chinchilete

Further reading

• “chinchillete” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010