"chacho" meaning in Spanish

See chacho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞], /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞] [Canary-Islands] Forms: chacha [feminine], chachos [masculine, plural], chachas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -atʃo Etymology: Clipping of chachaguato, from Pipil chachahuatl. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|ppl|chachahuatl}} Pipil chachahuatl Head templates: {{es-adj}} chacho (feminine chacha, masculine plural chachos, feminine plural chachas)
  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, of two things, particularly fruits) conjoined Tags: El-Salvador, Honduras, colloquial Synonyms: pegado, gemelo
    Sense id: en-chacho-es-adj-bPoiNwhy Categories (other): Honduran Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞], /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞] [Canary-Islands] Forms: chachos [plural], chacha [feminine], chachas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -atʃo Etymology: Clipping of muchacho. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} chacho m (plural chachos, feminine chacha, feminine plural chachas)
  1. (informal) son, boy Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-chacho-es-noun-jHTlC6Mg
  2. (informal, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands) Term of address, dude, mate Tags: Canary-Islands, Puerto-Rico, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-chacho-es-noun-ECpgJTdO Categories (other): Canarian Spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞], /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞] [Canary-Islands]
Rhymes: -atʃo Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} chacho
  1. first-person singular present indicative of chachar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: chachar
    Sense id: en-chacho-es-verb-suFHlTyv Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 4 1 5 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 10 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of muchacho.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chachos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chacha",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "chacho m (plural chachos, feminine chacha, feminine plural chachas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "son, boy"
      ],
      "id": "en-chacho-es-noun-jHTlC6Mg",
      "links": [
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) son, boy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canarian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Puerto Rican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Term of address, dude, mate"
      ],
      "id": "en-chacho-es-noun-ECpgJTdO",
      "links": [
        [
          "dude",
          "dude"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands) Term of address, dude, mate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "chacho",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 2 10 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "chachar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present indicative of chachar"
      ],
      "id": "en-chacho-es-verb-suFHlTyv",
      "links": [
        [
          "chachar",
          "chachar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ppl",
        "3": "chachahuatl"
      },
      "expansion": "Pipil chachahuatl",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of chachaguato, from Pipil chachahuatl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chacha",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chacho (feminine chacha, masculine plural chachos, feminine plural chachas)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Honduran Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Salvadoran Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have some conjoined bananes in here.",
          "text": "Tengo unos guineos chachos aquí.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conjoined"
      ],
      "id": "en-chacho-es-adj-bPoiNwhy",
      "links": [
        [
          "conjoined",
          "conjoined"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "particularly fruits",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, of two things, particularly fruits) conjoined"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of two things"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pegado"
        },
        {
          "word": "gemelo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Honduras",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/atʃo",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Pipil",
    "Spanish terms derived from Pipil"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chachos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chacha",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "chacho m (plural chachos, feminine chacha, feminine plural chachas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son, boy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) son, boy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Canarian Spanish",
        "Puerto Rican Spanish",
        "Spanish informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Term of address, dude, mate"
      ],
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        [
          "dude",
          "dude"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands) Term of address, dude, mate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Pipil",
    "Spanish terms derived from Pipil",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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      },
      "expansion": "chacho",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "word": "chachar"
        }
      ],
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        "first-person singular present indicative of chachar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chachar",
          "chachar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "first-person",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}

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    "Spanish lemmas",
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  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Pipil chachahuatl",
      "name": "bor"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of chachaguato, from Pipil chachahuatl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chacha",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chachas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chacho (feminine chacha, masculine plural chachos, feminine plural chachas)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha‧cho"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cha‧cho"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Honduran Spanish",
        "Salvadoran Spanish",
        "Spanish colloquialisms",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have some conjoined bananes in here.",
          "text": "Tengo unos guineos chachos aquí.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conjoined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conjoined",
          "conjoined"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "particularly fruits",
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        "(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, of two things, particularly fruits) conjoined"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of two things"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pegado"
        },
        {
          "word": "gemelo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "Honduras",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃä.t͡ʃo̞]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃo/ [ˈc̟ä.ɟ̟o̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacho"
}

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