challanco

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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)

  1. (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.
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