chancla

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English

A pair of red chanclas.

Etymology

From Spanish chancla.

Pronunciation

Noun

chancla (plural chanclas)

  1. (Latin American culture) A slipper or flip-flop

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From chanca, from Late Latin zanca, zancha (a kind of soft Parthian shoe) from Parthian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃankla/
  • Rhymes: -ankla
  • Syllabification: chan‧cla

Noun

chancla f (plural chanclas)

  1. slipper
  2. flip-flop
  3. old shoe

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