chirigota
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Spanish
Etymology
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Noun
chirigota f (plural chirigotas)
- joke, shtick
- Satirical and costumed musical comedy group during the carnival period
- 2015 July 23, “Tú a Gipuzkoa y yo a Málaga”, in El País:
- Por su parte, el equipo vasco deberá demostrar sus conocimientos sobre la gastronomía andaluza, cantar en una chirigota o saber si para venenciar es más importante el pulso o la sensibilidad.
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Further reading
- “chirigota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014