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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Mapudungun kawiñ (“party”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈwin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ca‧huín
Noun
cahuín m (plural cahuines)
- (Chile) mess, disorder, confusion
- Synonyms: lío, embrollo, follón
- (Chile) intrigue, machination
- Synonyms: intriga, enredo, embuste, grupo
- (Chile) gossip (usually evil-minded)
- Synonyms: chisme, pelambre
- (Chile) party, raucous gathering.
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 18:El que se oigan músicas debajo de la tierra es idicio de que los Brujos están de cahuín u holgorio.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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