chifa
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Spanish
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Cantonese 煮飯／煮饭 (zyu2 faan6). The Comisión Lexicografía de la Academia Peruana (CLAP) proposed that it is from Cantonese 食飯喇 (sik6 faan6 laa3).[1]
Compare Spanish chaufa, from Cantonese 炒飯／炒饭 (caau2 faan6).
Sometimes said to be from Mandarin 吃飯／吃饭 (chīfàn), but this is improbable as the Chinese Peruvians are from southern China.
Pronunciation
Noun
chifa m (plural chifas)
- (South America) a Chinese restaurant
- 1997, Matilde Artés, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Crónica de una desaparición: la lucha de una abuela de Plaza de Mayo [Chronicle of a Disappearance: the Fight of a Grandmother of the Plaza de Mayo]:
- Tenía muchas expectativas, de modo que para aliviar las tensiones, esa noche me reuní con Juan y con sus hijos para cenar en una chifa.
- I had many expectations, so in order to relieve the tension, that night I joined Juan and his children for dinner at a Chinese restaurant.
- Peruvian Chinese cuisine
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References
- ^ Ana Baldoceda E. (2003 December 31) “Resultados de la propuesta lexicográfica peruana en el diccionario de la Real Academia”, in Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua, number 36
Further reading
- “chifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10