chontaleño

Spanish

Etymology

From Chontales +‎ -eño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃontaˈleɲo/ [t͡ʃõn̪.t̪aˈle.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: chon‧ta‧le‧ño

Adjective

chontaleño (feminine chontaleña, masculine plural chontaleños, feminine plural chontaleñas)

1. of, from or relating to Chontales Department

Noun

chontaleño m (plural chontaleños, feminine chontaleña, feminine plural chontaleñas)

1. native or inhabitant of Chontales Department (male or of unspecified gender)

Further reading

• “chontaleño”, 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