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Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from chanchar.
Noun
chancho m (plural chanchos)
- (informal) bite (act of biting)
- Synonyms: dentada, trabada, trincada
- (informal) nibble, bite (a piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting)
- Synonym: petisco
Etymology 2
Noun
chancho m (plural chanchos)
- (informal) pig
- Synonyms: cocho, porco, quino
Etymology 3
Verb
chancho
- first-person singular present indicative of chanchar
References
Spanish
Etymology
From sancho, from sanch, used to call pigs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -antʃo
- Syllabification: chan‧cho
Noun
chancho m (plural chanchos, feminine chancha, feminine plural chanchas)
- (Latin America) pig
- Synonyms: cerdo, puerco
Adjective
chancho (feminine chancha, masculine plural chanchos, feminine plural chanchas)
- (Latin America, figuratively) dirty
- Synonyms: sucio, cerdo
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