chinche

See also: chinché

Galician

Noun

chinche f (plural chinches)

bug, a member of the insect order Hemiptera

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃe]
Rhymes: -intʃe
Syllabification: chin‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, from Latin cīmicem. Compare Old Spanish çisme.

Noun

chinche f (plural chinches)

bedbug
thumbtack
Synonym: chincheta

Derived terms

Related terms

chisme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chinche

inflection of chinchar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

“chinche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “chinche”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 362

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