chonchón

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Spanish

Noun

chonchón m (plural chonchones)

  1. A flying creature of Mapuche legend.
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 128:
      Cuando se oye pasar un chonchón entonando su fatídico tué, tué, tué, debe decirse, para evitar todo daño: Primero pasó Dios que vos.
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