"chalán" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃaˈlan/, [t͡ʃaˈlãn] Forms: chalanes [plural], chalana [feminine], chalanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From French chaland, from chaloir. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|fr|chaland}} French chaland Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} chalán m (plural chalanes, feminine chalana, feminine plural chalanas)
  1. a traditional cowboy (vaquero) from Northern Peru Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chalán-es-noun-4AdhKF9W Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Occupations, Personality Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 7 3 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 39 11 2 48 Disambiguation of Occupations: 46 4 4 45 Disambiguation of Personality: 68 0 0 32
  2. the distinctive costume worn by a chalan, including a linen poncho, a straw sombrero, etc. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chalán-es-noun-yeJ5i2bR Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 39 11 2 48
  3. (by extension) a gallant Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-chalán-es-noun-JflkSIfb
  4. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) an assistant or helper of a construction worker, especially of a mason or painter Tags: El-Salvador, Mexico, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-chalán-es-noun-zbpsli3n Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 9 4 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 7 3 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 39 11 2 48 Disambiguation of Occupations: 46 4 4 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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