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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish chapín, related to chapa (“type of metal plate, seal”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈpin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: cha‧pín
Adjective
chapín (feminine chapina, masculine plural chapines, feminine plural chapinas)
- bow-legged
2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre:Para ello, la incipiente imaginería chapina tallaba figuras en madera de José y María, el niño Jesús —el misterio—, los reyes magos, pastorcillos y ovejas; la mayoría, con rasgos europeos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
chapín m (plural chapines)
- clog
- (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Guatemalan
- (Colombia) kid (child)
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