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English
Noun
chanchito (plural chanchitos)
- Australoheros facetus, the chameleon cichlid.
Spanish
Etymology
From chancho + -ito.
Noun
chanchito m (plural chanchitos)
- (Latin America) piglet
- (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay) piggy bank
- Synonyms: (Spain) hucha, (Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) alcancía, (Mexico, Venezuela) cochinito, (Guatemala) cochito, (Colombia) marranito, (Mexico) puerquito, (El Salvador) tunquito
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