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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈlito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: che‧li‧to
Etymology 1
From Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”), plus the diminutive -ito.
Noun
chelito m (plural chelitos)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) sleep (in the corner of the eye)
- Synonyms: lagaña, legaña, (es, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) chele
Tienes un chelito en el ojo derecho, quítatelo.- You have some sleep in your right eye, take it off.
- (colloquial, El Salvador) correction fluid
- Synonym: liquid paper
Pasame chelito, necesito corregir algo.- Pass me the correction fluid, I need to correct something.
Etymology 2
From chele (“fair-skinned”), a vesre form of leche (“milk”), plus the diminutive -ito.
Adjective
chelito (feminine chelita, masculine plural chelitos, feminine plural chelitas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) fair-skinned, white, white-skinned
Noun
chelito m (plural chelitos, feminine chelita, feminine plural chelitas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) fair-skinned man, white man, white-skinned man
Me sorprende que se casara con una chelita de Chalate.- I'm surprised to hear he apparently married a white-skinned woman from Chalatenango.