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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃaˈʝanko/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /t͡ʃaˈʎanko/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃaˈʃanko/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈʒanko/
- Rhymes: -anko
- Syllabification: cha‧llan‧co
Noun
challanco m (plural challancos)
- (Chile) magic mirror
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:Cuando el consultante está ebrio, el diabólico cabrón le hace ver lo que le place con el auxilio del challanco, vidrio mágico que posee la virtud de manifestar los hechos y el estado de ánimo y de salud de las personas ausentes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)