chiripá

See also: chiripa

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾiˈpa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈpa]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: chi‧ri‧pá

Noun

chiripá m (plural chiripás)

1. (Argentina) a triangular shawl worn on the waist in gaucho culture
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     La gente de chiripá se sentía contenta y vocinglera, concluida la faena.

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Further reading

• “chiripá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28