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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchichinqui, from ātl (“water”) + chichinqui (“sucker, sucking”), the original sense was that of a mine operator which oversaw the contention of underground water in mineshafts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at͡ʃiˈt͡ʃinkle/
- Rhymes: -inkle
- Syllabification: a‧chi‧chin‧cle
Noun
achichincle m or f by sense (plural achichincles)
- (derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) minion, servant
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