chinela

English

Alternative forms

chinele

Noun

chinela (plural chinelas)

A flat slipper worn in the Philippines

Anagrams

Chilean

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cianella (dialectal), from pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/

Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

slipper
Synonym: chinelo

Spanish

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

female equivalent of chinelo (“costumed dancer”)

Further reading

“chinela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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