hacer la chancha

Spanish

Verb

hacer la chancha (first-person singular present hago la chancha, first-person singular preterite hice la chancha, past participle hecho la chancha)

1. (Andes, idiomatic) to play hookey

Further reading

• “hacer”, 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