chipuste

Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl xixipóchtic (“swelled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈpuste/ [t͡ʃiˈpus.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -uste
• Syllabification: chi‧pus‧te

Noun

chipuste m (plural chipustes) (colloquial)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) a lump; a blob

   Synonyms: pegoste, pegote

   1. (El Salvador, Guatemala) a goose egg; a bump in the head; (by extension) a bump in any part of the body
   2. (vulgar, El Salvador) a turd; a pellet or nugget of excrement
2. (El Salvador) sugarcane stalk
3. (El Salvador) sugarcane flower

Noun

chipuste m or f by sense (plural chipustes)

1. (derogatory, colloquial, El Salvador) a kid; child

Derived terms

• chipustear

 

Further reading

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