chancho

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo̝/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chanchar.

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos)

  1. (informal) bite (act of biting)
    Synonyms: dentada, trabada, trincada
  2. (informal) nibble, bite (a piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting)
    Synonym: petisco

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos)

  1. (informal) pig
    Synonyms: cocho, porco, quino

Verb

chancho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chanchar

References

Spanish

Etymology

From sancho, from sanch, used to call pigs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -antʃo
  • Syllabification: chan‧cho

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos, feminine chancha, feminine plural chanchas)

  1. (Latin America) pig
    Synonyms: cerdo, puerco
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Decía el pelirrojo con la boca llena de pan:
      —Todos los inviernos carneamos tres chanchos para la casa. Los demás se venden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

chancho (feminine chancha, masculine plural chanchos, feminine plural chanchas)

  1. (Latin America, figuratively) dirty
    Synonyms: sucio, cerdo

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