chonte

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃonte/
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Syllabification: chon‧te

Noun

chonte m (plural chontes)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a police officer
    Synonym: policía

Further reading

  • chonte” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010